lathi
9.9
A heavy stick used by police in India to control crowds
- noun
- Indian
:
lathi
- And there was a policeman with a 2-meter lathi stick, and for some reason, he hit this man with the stick.
Examples
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The police officer held his lathi firmly as he tried to disperse the crowd peacefully.
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Three raps in front of every gate down the road, the sound of his lathi winking out until the swing back, four hours later, from the farthest house on his guard duty.
Fiction book (2002) -
The cops, Mumbai cops, are not lathi-wielding, pot-bellied, khaki-clad, middle-aged, frustrated men.
Blog text (32) -
During the protest, the officers used their lathis to maintain order and control the situation.
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The angry mob was met by policemen equipped with lathis for crowd control.
Synonyms
9.9
A heavy bamboo stick used by police in India to hit or control people
is the same in meaning but is an alternate spelling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lathi comes from the Hindi word lathī, which means 'stick' or 'staff'. So a lathi is the heavy bamboo or wooden stick police use to control crowds.
