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truncheons

noun

plural of truncheon

as in batons

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 truncheons The robbers fought with murderous determination, and the police answered with their truncheons. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026 Hundreds of people crowded the runway to greet Ali, pushing against a cordon of soldiers armed with truncheons. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 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

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For 15 minutes, officers used batons and stun guns to subdue King.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
The police attacked them with batons, tear gas, and pellet guns.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026

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Victim 2, who is a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employee according to the New York Times, was repeatedly struck with canes and paddles and bled through his underwear and pants because of lacerations to his buttocks, according to the warrant.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
At the base, blueberry shrubs have multiple canes (or branches) that grow directly out of the earth in clumps.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026

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