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
Her eyes are big and sad, and her index finger touches the tip of the nightstick hanging from the policeman’s belt.
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Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
This, in turn, provoked police to wade into the crowd, beating people with nightsticks.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
Also called a nightstick, the baton is essentially a club with a handle, often used for crowd control.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
And don’t let me get started on shinin the nightstick.
—Sidik Fofana, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
This, in turn, provoked police to wade into the crowd, beating people with nightsticks.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
Also called a nightstick, the baton is essentially a club with a handle, often used for crowd control.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
And don’t let me get started on shinin the nightstick.
—Sidik Fofana, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightstick
Noun
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Brown suffered cuts and a black eye in addition to leg injures that resulted in permanent scarring and requires him to walk with a cane, his lawyers say.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dancer Jessica Rabanzo-Flores, dressed in a brown suit jacket and representing McCullers, approached the stage with a cane before joining company dancers who performed the gravity-defying balancing acts that reflect Malashock’s choreographic style.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Marsies who resist arrest are doing so without batons, skull-protecting helmets, and guns containing, technically, nonlethal rounds.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The complaint stated that officers unleashed a torrent of pepper spray, tear gas grenades, rubber bullets and baton strikes, despite the women posing no threat and complying with officers’ orders.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Nightstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightstick. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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