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lathi
(redirected from Lathicharge)

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lathi [ˈlɑːtɪ]
n
(Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a long heavy wooden stick used as a weapon in India, esp by the police
[Hindi]
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Noun1.lathi - club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India
club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"


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They gheraoed the police vehicle, forcing the policemen to lathicharge and lob teargas shells to bring them under control.
The protests turned violent and police resorted to lathicharge to control a mob that set a bus afire.
THE POLICE fired in the air, lobbed teargas shells and resorted to lathicharge to disperse angry students after four youth entered the Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU) campus and created a ruckus on Sunday afternoon.
 
 
 
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