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knifepoint

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knife·point  (nfpoint)
n.
The sharp end of a knife.
Idiom:
at knifepoint
Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint.
Translations
knifepoint knife-point [ˈnaɪfpɔɪnt] n
at knifepoint [rape, rob] → sous la menace d'un couteau
to be robbed at knifepoint → être dévalisé sous la menace d'un couteau
to hold sb at knifepoint → tenir qn en respect avec son couteau
He held her at knifepoint and threatened to kill her → Il la tenait en respect avec son couteau et menaçait de la tuer.


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The ex-Atomic Kitten, 26, may now move back to her hometown of Warrington after being held at knifepoint in the mansion in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
THREE teenagers were robbed of their mobile phones at knifepoint by two masked men who struck in a Rubery park.
A SENIOR detective has welcomed the jailing of three men for a total of 18 years after they carried out a knifepoint raid on a post office near Nuneaton.
 
 
 
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