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Truncheon meaning
A short staff, a club; a cudgel. | A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer. | A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
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Example sentences (8)
I raised my right fist to protect my skull and the truncheon crashed down.
He claims that Caselain pulled down his trousers and raped him with a truncheon, a charge that has been dropped.
A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason.
An AFP correspondent saw a man with a bleeding gash on his head and a swollen arm after being hit with a truncheon as he left a food outlet.
Most had suffered head injuries from rubber bullets or truncheon blows.
Some military police forces, naval shore patrols, law enforcement and other groups used leather scabbards as a kind of truncheon.
The RGR carry the Queen's Truncheon in place of Colours. citation File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).
To appear neutral, the uniform was deliberately manufactured in blue, rather than red which was then a military colour, along with the officers being armed only with a wooden truncheon and a rattle to signal the need for assistance.