pistol-whip
verb
pis·tol-whip
pistol-whipped; pistol-whipping; pistol-whips
: to beat with a pistol
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The city filed the petition last week after several armed and suspected members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang also known as TDA, were alleged to have kidnapped, bound and pistol-whipped two people at the complex last month.
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Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
When Washington refused to give the robbers the password to his phone, he was pistol-whipped.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Investigators detained the 19 people from the Aurora apartment complex Tuesday for questioning after a man and a woman were forcibly removed from their apartment to another vacant unit, bound, pistol-whipped, threatened and tortured for hours, according to the police department.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 19 Dec. 2024
One man was shot to death and another pistol-whipped by a crew of crooks on a Bronx street, police said Monday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
When Washington refused to give the robbers the password to his phone, he was pistol-whipped.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Investigators detained the 19 people from the Aurora apartment complex Tuesday for questioning after a man and a woman were forcibly removed from their apartment to another vacant unit, bound, pistol-whipped, threatened and tortured for hours, according to the police department.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 19 Dec. 2024
One man was shot to death and another pistol-whipped by a crew of crooks on a Bronx street, police said Monday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Pistol-whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pistol-whip. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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