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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a truncheon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a short, thick stick or club used as a weapon, often by police or security personnel.
Example: "The officer brandished a truncheon to assert control over the unruly crowd."
Alternatives: "a baton" or "a nightstick".
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Munir, a 15-year-old from Herat, Afghanistan, described being pinned down by Macedonian police a week ago and beaten with a truncheon so ferociously they broke his arm.
A truncheon round the head.
"You pull a truncheon, we pull a spatula!
I have never seen such feet before: strong as a truncheon, sensitive as a finger.
(It sounded like somebody beating a piece of sheet metal with a truncheon).
But the tool was so packed with electronics that it looked and felt like a truncheon.
They hanged me from my feet and beat me with a truncheon.
For the police, a truncheon was adequate weaponry for the defense of the population.
I don't want to get hit in the face with a truncheon.
One of them was hit in the head with a truncheon.
The police were going by on horseback and hit him with a truncheon.
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