baton chargenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbæt.ɒn ˌtʃɑːdʒ/us/bəˈtɑːn ˌtʃɑːrdʒ/UKan attacking movement by a large group of police who run forward carrying their batons
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The police generally
- baton
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- cop shop
- escort
- fuzz
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- police state
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
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