nightstick
/ˈnʌɪtstɪk
/noun North American
A police officer’s truncheon.Most police officers carry a nightstick, with only designated officers carrying sidearms....
- The police attacked the workers with rubber bullets, tear gas, smoke grenades, and nightsticks.
- Later in the weekend, allegations of a CBC reporter being struck with a nightstick and of police dogs being set loose on protesters also emerged.