nightstick

IPA: nˈaɪtstɪk

(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.

Examples of "nightstick" in Sentences

British police medic uses nightstick to treat his involuntary ...
Farther along, he came upon a smirking Fegley, rapping his nightstick against his palm.
Do we really think that a random dude in paramilitary gear and carrying a nightstick is a good thing?
Early on, the reference to "nightstick" became "knife," switching back and forth for a couple of hours.
CITIZEN: anyone who is not going their way, i do not know. someone in front of a polling place with a nightstick, that is intimidating for all voters.
Within hours, an amateur video showing Heath, slapping a black nightstick and exchanging words with the videographer, had aired on TV and ricocheted across the nation.
Two swats with a nightstick open a gash in my scalp, three punches to my temple and jaw ring my bell, and a well-placed patrol boot to my kidney makes me piss a little in my jeans.
The Bush administration had filed a voter-intimidation lawsuit against members of the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia who were videotaped outside a polling place, one carrying a nightstick.