lathi-chargenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlɑː.tiˌtʃɑːdʒ/us/ˈlɑː.tiˌtʃɑːrdʒ/Indian Englishan occasion when a large group of police run forward in an attacking movement carrying their sticks
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The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- 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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