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• n  a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• Sickening as a blow from his nightstick was the news he had to tell.
• With a full overhead swing, he cracked Tsepilova in the face with his nightstick, fracturing her nose and cheekbone, sending her to the hospital for a month.
• In four years on the force, Cawley claimed, he assaulted people as many as 400 times with his nightstick, flashlight and lead-lined gloves.

• truncheon
• baton
• billy
• billystick
• billy club

News & Articles

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• While tools of the trade may improve, sometimes old standbys work best
  The police baton, which sounds lovely and delicate — like something one might conduct an orchestra with — is a necessary piece of equipment with tradition dating back to our cave dwelling ancestors. The police baton, nightstick, billy club,...
  July 25, 2013 - AnnArbor.com

Quotes

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• Trey Songz in Singersroom News
  It was seven on him, beating his a--,Songz said bitterly. "He caught it in the back of the head with a nightstick. His face was swollen. His arm was out of place."
• Charlie Luken in CNN International
  They controlled the situation, and even after they start trying to get the man down and telling him what to do, you can see him continue to wail and struggle and grab the nightstick,Luken said. "The police officers had a legitimate...