zip gun

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Recent Examples of zip gun The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun. cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
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Noun
  • Macias fired the first shot at Sweet with a 9mm pistol because Macias said that Sweet ran over his foot, Burnette told the detectives.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
  • During that year, the .45-caliber pistol, which went missing from the Gresham District police station, was used in at least three crimes, Illinois Answers and the Sun-Times found.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The crew also stole at least three handguns during the spree, authorities said.
    Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 16 May 2025
  • The detective alleged Cross’ handgun was likely modified with a switch to fire 15 bullets in one second.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Three Indian army officials said that Pakistani soldiers used small arms to fire at an Indian position in Kashmir late Thursday.
    Time, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of a small arm within the State Department aimed at countering foreign disinformation campaigns, which Republicans increasingly criticized as silencing conservative voices online.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Body camera footage from a second officer showed the man, clad in a white T-shirt and jeans and walking outside the fast-food restaurant raising what police said was the .38-caliber revolver officers recovered next to Tolliver after he was shot.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
  • The movie is finally being released on Friday, three and a half years after its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was shot and killed by a real bullet fired from an old-fashioned revolver that its star, Alec Baldwin, was rehearsing with on a set in New Mexico.
    Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Clyde cited taxes on firearm purchases as part of his reasoning.
    Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
  • Police also found firearms at the scene, Vega said, adding that witnesses will be brought to the police station to be interviewed.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The artist is facing 14 charges, including aggravated assault, possessing and aiming a gun at someone, reckless conduct, conspiracy to commit a felony, and simple assault, among others.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
  • Alas, before Kevin could say much more than Forefront (the terrorist group Jubal dealt with at midseason) was planning an attack on the FBI office, Forefront operatives stormed the building, guns a-blazing.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.
    Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
  • This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023

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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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