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Definition of truncheon in English: truncheonnoun ˈtrʌn(t)ʃ(ə)nˈtrən(t)ʃən British 1A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer. 〈主英〉警棍 Example sentencesExamples - Police in riot gear and carrying truncheons pushed them back, and several were arrested.
- There they confronted the police; a police truncheon injured one teacher.
- Rowan and Mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.
- According to the organisers of the meeting, police employed truncheons and pepper spray in the course of their intervention.
- One driver was even found with a police truncheon in his car.
- The deal was signed while hundreds of police armed with truncheons and riot equipment remained on standby outside the hotel.
- The police used truncheons and tear gas, while paramilitary groups of religious fanatics attacked the protesters, including women, with metal chains.
- Over 80 police and soldiers used truncheons, tear gas and a water cannon on protestors, including women and children.
- Although practice varied between regions, apart from a period between 1884 and 1936, British police were allowed little more than a truncheon on routine patrol.
- He was taken to a police station where he was beaten with truncheons, punched and kicked.
- In France in May 1968, the gendarmerie and the police used water cannon, tear gas and truncheons to put down three-week-long Sorbonne riots, injuring nearly 400 persons.
- Until 1857, New York City police found truncheons sufficient.
- Armed with truncheons and tear gas, police repeatedly attacked the 200,000 demonstrators who had come from all over the world to protest the summit proceedings.
- Ten policemen, waving truncheons a little too enthusiastically, have closed the road so that the dialogue can be recorded.
- Faced with escalating riots, the Italian police unleashed water cannon, plastic bullets and 12-inch truncheons.
- Police used truncheons to beat them back, but no major injuries were reported.
- They were beaten back by riot police with truncheons.
- The demonstrators were attacked by the police, who employed tear gas and truncheons and beat and arrested a number of the protesters.
- Mobile police units used water cannon and truncheons to counter the right-wing rioters, who threw stones and bottles.
- Special units of the police attacked pickets and demonstrators with water cannon and truncheons.
Synonyms club, baton, cudgel, bludgeon stick, staff North American billy, billy club, blackjack, nightstick British informal life preserver, cosh - 1.1 A staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority, especially that used by the Earl Marshal.
（尤指英国王室典礼大臣所用的，象征权威的）官杖，权杖 Example sentencesExamples - The truncheon, or baton, is a military commander's sign of office.
- The truncheons behind the shield bearing the duke's Arms refer to his office as Earl Marshal.
OriginMiddle English (denoting a piece broken off (especially from a spear), also a cudgel): from Old French tronchon 'stump', based on Latin truncus 'trunk'. Definition of truncheon in US English: truncheonnounˈtrən(t)ʃənˈtrən(t)SHən British 1A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer. 〈主英〉警棍 Example sentencesExamples - In France in May 1968, the gendarmerie and the police used water cannon, tear gas and truncheons to put down three-week-long Sorbonne riots, injuring nearly 400 persons.
- The police used truncheons and tear gas, while paramilitary groups of religious fanatics attacked the protesters, including women, with metal chains.
- Faced with escalating riots, the Italian police unleashed water cannon, plastic bullets and 12-inch truncheons.
- Mobile police units used water cannon and truncheons to counter the right-wing rioters, who threw stones and bottles.
- Police in riot gear and carrying truncheons pushed them back, and several were arrested.
- Police used truncheons to beat them back, but no major injuries were reported.
- The demonstrators were attacked by the police, who employed tear gas and truncheons and beat and arrested a number of the protesters.
- One driver was even found with a police truncheon in his car.
- There they confronted the police; a police truncheon injured one teacher.
- According to the organisers of the meeting, police employed truncheons and pepper spray in the course of their intervention.
- Rowan and Mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.
- Over 80 police and soldiers used truncheons, tear gas and a water cannon on protestors, including women and children.
- The deal was signed while hundreds of police armed with truncheons and riot equipment remained on standby outside the hotel.
- Ten policemen, waving truncheons a little too enthusiastically, have closed the road so that the dialogue can be recorded.
- Although practice varied between regions, apart from a period between 1884 and 1936, British police were allowed little more than a truncheon on routine patrol.
- He was taken to a police station where he was beaten with truncheons, punched and kicked.
- They were beaten back by riot police with truncheons.
- Special units of the police attacked pickets and demonstrators with water cannon and truncheons.
- Until 1857, New York City police found truncheons sufficient.
- Armed with truncheons and tear gas, police repeatedly attacked the 200,000 demonstrators who had come from all over the world to protest the summit proceedings.
Synonyms club, baton, cudgel, bludgeon - 1.1 A staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority.
（尤指英国王室典礼大臣所用的，象征权威的）官杖，权杖 Example sentencesExamples - The truncheons behind the shield bearing the duke's Arms refer to his office as Earl Marshal.
- The truncheon, or baton, is a military commander's sign of office.
OriginMiddle English (denoting a piece broken off (especially from a spear), also a cudgel): from Old French tronchon ‘stump’, based on Latin truncus ‘trunk’. |