as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
police officers fitted out with nightsticks and handcuffs
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Recent Examples of nightstick
Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
There were hundreds of police — nightsticks out, helmets on, shields down, carrying zip ties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
Right Now Paul Buhle, then a history graduate student at UW-Madison and editor of New Left magazine Radical America, participated in the Dow sit-in and managed to avoid the blows of nightsticks.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
The interrogators used unauthorized dogs, humiliated inmates by forcing them to wear women's underwear, forced detainees into stress positions, and directed a military police sergeant to push and twist a nightstick into a detainee's arm, the investigations found.
—Matthew Barakat, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
There were hundreds of police — nightsticks out, helmets on, shields down, carrying zip ties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
Right Now Paul Buhle, then a history graduate student at UW-Madison and editor of New Left magazine Radical America, participated in the Dow sit-in and managed to avoid the blows of nightsticks.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
The interrogators used unauthorized dogs, humiliated inmates by forcing them to wear women's underwear, forced detainees into stress positions, and directed a military police sergeant to push and twist a nightstick into a detainee's arm, the investigations found.
—Matthew Barakat, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightstick
Noun
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Carrying a wooden cane, Camus led Yarvin through the small town of Plieux.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The look was elevated with a matching fur stole and a cane, accessories that nodded to the opulence of Black Dandyism.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Essence,
8 May 2025
Noun
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When funding for these circulars came to an end, Fred picked up the eclipse baton and with the help of Canadian meteorologist Jay Anderson, produced their own eclipse circulars, funded under the auspices of NASA.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 June 2025
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YoungBoy takes the baton and aims at his detractors.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 May 2025
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“Nightstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightstick. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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