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truncheon

noun

ˈtrən-chən

Definition of truncheon

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment police officers kept their hands on their truncheons

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Recent Examples of truncheon For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. — Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes. — Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025 There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground. — Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for truncheon

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Noun

After obtaining a search warrant for an apartment, investigators obtained two canes and a red, wooden paddle handle, the warrant states.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Depp hobbled around — supported by a cane, sporting a dusty top hat, and ensconced behind a wrought iron gate — while fans shouted out questions.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026

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Earlier this week, as the mostly Gen-Z protesters tried the bring their demands to the parliament building at the heart of the world’s biggest democracy, they were met with tear gas and police violence, struck with sticks and batons.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Police used tear gas and batons after thousands of demonstrators on Monday tried to push through security barricades during their march to Parliament as lawmakers returned for the monsoon session.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

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