nightstick
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bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, cudgel, rod, rung [Scottish], sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]
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With ratings like that, DeWalt wisely equipped the tool with an electronic clutch to prevent kickback and motor burnout, and an auxiliary handle with the stoutness of a nightstick. — Popular Mechanics, "The 2019 Popular Mechanics Tool Awards," 14 June 2019 More than 200 cops wielding nightsticks had to break up the fight. — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, "Bryan Colangelo mess inspires memories of Wilt, T.O. and a Spectrum melee," 31 May 2018 Reporter John Linstead of the Chicago Daily News, seeing three young women being clubbed, shouted at the officers to stop—only to have them turn on him with their nightsticks, hospitalizing him for two days. — David Greenberg, WSJ, "A Half Century of ‘Liberal Media Bias’," 23 Aug. 2018 The cop extends his nightstick & yells at the group to get back. — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, "El Paso cop pulls gun on group of children, arrests cameraman," 10 July 2018 The officers retreated inside and stormed out again, moments later, a few using elbows and nightsticks to ring the pole where the California flag flew. — Johnny Miller, SFChronicle.com, "5 years, $26 million for QB Young," 12 July 2018 George is in uniform as your friendly neighborhood cop complete with nightstick, dancing with his fellow outdoor fetishists. — John Norris, Billboard, "George Michael's 'Outside' and Its Celebration of Cottaging Is Still Bolder Than Most Pop Music 20 Years Later," 29 May 2018 The arrests added images of swinging nightsticks and shoving matches with the police to the inaugural events. — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, "Putin starts 4th term with coronation-style ceremony," 7 May 2018 In Moscow, the police clashed with protesters, turning a central square into a swirl of swinging nightsticks and shoving matches. — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, "Aleksei Navalny Detained at Protest on Eve of Putin’s Inauguration," 5 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nightstick.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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