verb
- struck or beaten with a truncheon (police baton)
Usage: past tense; often used in contexts of police action
Examples
- The protester was truncheoned by riot police during the demonstration.
- Several suspects claimed they were truncheoned during their arrest.
- The officer truncheoned the aggressive individual to subdue him.
- Witnesses reported that demonstrators were truncheoned without provocation.
- The suspect’s injuries suggested he had been truncheoned repeatedly.
- Police denied that anyone was truncheoned during the raid.