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• n  a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• What English constables call their "truncheons" became clubs with a vengeance last week as jobless men were beaten back and down in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Birkenhead,.
• First, because of the military juntas who came to power in a bloody coup in 1962, and have been running the country with a truncheon ever since.
• She suffered a brain concussion and a cut when an officer delivered a truncheon blow to her head.

• nightstick
• baton
• billy
• billystick
• billy club

News & Articles

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• Anti-government mass rally in Ukraine turns violent
  Kiev, Ukraine — A protest by about 300,000 Ukrainians angered by their government's decision to freeze integration with the West turned violent Sunday, when a group of demonstrators besieged the president's office and police drove them back with truncheon
  Dec. 1, 2013 - Detroit News

Quotes

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• Dominique Voynet in Jurnalo (blog)
  I was a victim of the useful vote,Voynet told TF 1 television, adding that "the truncheon in favour of the useful vote was very efficient. "