truncheon

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Recent Examples of truncheon Later, after riot police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse the people, demonstrators set up tent camps with barricades, self-defense units, and banners with revolutionary slogans. Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023 One is lined with corporate PR speak, the other with police truncheons. WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023 If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023 Two officers carrying truncheons run after a protester, who appears to fall, his glasses caught by the camera in midair. Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for truncheon
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Noun
  • Greer kicked him in the ribs, stomped on his head and picked up Snellings’ cane and hit the victim with it, Hoffman said.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2025
  • Some carried their work briefcases, some American flags, some walked with canes, and others were pushed in wheelchairs…304,000 of them had been wounded in Vietnam.
    Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Five officers, who are also Black, caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit him with a police baton while trying to handcuff him.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
  • Mills acknowledged that the officers were afraid and exhausted, but said some of the methods used on Nichols complied with police department policies, including using wrist locks and hitting with a baton.
    Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025

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“Truncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncheon. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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