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plastic bullet

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plastic bullet
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a solid PVC cylinder, 10 cm long and 38 mm in diameter, fired by police or military forces to regain control in riots Formal name baton round
Translations
plastic bullet npallottola di plastica


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One term listed in the 18-page style guide is plastic bullet.
After a stand-off Mr Loan was shot twice with a Taser and once with a plastic bullet from a baton gun.
Last month Amnesty International called for a "prompt, impartial and independent investigation" into the death of Brian Loan, 47, from a suspected heart attack after he was shot twice with a Taser stun-gun and once with a plastic bullet, during an arrest at his home in Sacriston, near Durham.
 
 
 
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