pistol-whip

verb

pis·tol-whip

pistol-whipped; pistol-whipping; pistol-whips

Synonyms of pistol-whip next

transitive verb

: to beat with a pistol

Examples of pistol-whip in a Sentence

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After a Texas woman was tied up, robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped in her Dallas home in late September, multiple Venezuelan men have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. —

Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2024 The victim was run off the road, beaten, pistol-whipped and shot multiple times. —

Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 28 Oct. 2024 Atkinson, a Down The Hill member, was killed to avenge Nikki Huang, 22, being pistol-whipped and robbed of her pricey Louis Vuitton purse, police sources said. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024 In November 2021, an assailant robbed and pistol-whipped the pastor of St. Leo’s Catholic Church blocks away from his Little Italy church. —

Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for pistol-whip