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Topic: POLICE

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: tronchon 'piece broken or cut off, stump', from Latin truncus; TRUNK

truncheon

 noun
     
trun‧cheon [countable]
especially British EnglishSCPPMW a short thick stick that police officers carry as a weapon [= nightstick American English]
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