Translations for „truncheon“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

truncheon [ˈtrʌntʃən] N

truncheon

警棍 jǐnggùn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The reverse bears the depiction of a police officer's truncheon superimposed on a laurel wreath.

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A pot-bellied traffic policeman with henna-tinged hair patrolled a crush of rickshaws with his bamboo truncheon.

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Some military police forces, naval shore patrols, law enforcement and other groups used leather scabbards as a kind of truncheon.

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It doesn't leave a mark like the truncheon but internally it damages you.

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Hippies, activists and tourists fell under the truncheon as police on horseback rode through a frightened crowd.

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One of them was hit in the head with a truncheon.

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We have had unity by discussion, persuasion, good will and good sense, instead of unity by the concentration camp, the rubber truncheon and the executioner's block...

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First the demise of the truncheon and foldaway handcuffs, plus new radios needed a stout equipment belt.

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His exceptional height led several newspapers of the time to allege that his death may have been the result of a blow from a mounted police truncheon.

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His truncheon striking, felling both thieves in one blow.

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