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lathi
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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 were ferrying swords and lathis in a vehicle that they claimed was distributing their so- called newspaper.
Trinamool Congress supporters alleged that the party leaders Nimayi Mondal and Prabhat Ghosh, who went to lodge a complaint with the police against the incident, were also allegedly beaten up by CPI(M) leaders with lathis inside the Pandaveswar police station in the presence of Station Officer-in-Charge Arnab Guha.
Police have beaten protesters with lathis (canes) on the head and body, and kicked and punched them, and sexually assaulted Tibetan women during arrest," the US-based rights group said in a statement.
 
 
 
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