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noun
a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
verb (used with object),cudg·eled,cudg·el·ing, or (especially British) cudg·elled,cudg·el·ling.
to strike with a cudgel; beat.
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Aquino credited his parents with imbuing in him the desire to “take up the cudgels for those who have less in life, for the powerless,” he told Time magazine in 2010 while running for president.
With high mandatory sentences as a cudgel, prosecutors pervasively threaten defendants with draconian charges that could lead to years of imprisonment.
That be it as it may, this cudgel that is used to make this man we can call The Mark feel like he’s lucky to be where he is, is actually working since he clearly feels bad about where he might be.