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Recent Examples of machine pistol
One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
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Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.
—Mike Corder, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax.
—oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.
—Mike Corder, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax.
—oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine pistol
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Jaquez Myrick, 25, was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, or ALEA, said in a statement.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The charges include conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire involving a death, and use of a machine gun in a violent crime resulting in death.Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
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That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
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What appeared to be a replica of an assault rifle is affixed to the hood of the vehicle, which has a Trump sign on the front.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Officials said Colt Gray rode the school bus to Apalachee High School carrying a semiautomatic assault rifle hidden in his backpack.CBS News, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Zoom in: Serrano's clients include Guardian Arms, a Moses Lake gun shop seeking to overturn Washington's ban on selling dozens of firearms that the state now defines as assault weapons.Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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Vance and Trump oppose most gun-control laws, including an assault weapons ban and national red-flag laws proposed by Harris.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Machine pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20pistol. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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