truncheonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtrʌn.tʃən/us/ˈtrʌn.tʃən/UK US billy club, nightsticka thick, heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers
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The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- met
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- the fraud squad
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- warrant
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