frogmarch

[frog-mahrch, frawg-]

verb (used with object)

1. to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.

frogmarch

/ ˈfrɒɡˌmɑːtʃ /

noun

1. a method of carrying a resisting person in which each limb is held by one person and the victim is carried horizontally and face downwards

2. any method of making a resisting person move forward against his will

verb

1. (tr) to carry in a frogmarch or cause to move forward unwillingly

Word History and Origins

Origin of frogmarch¹

First recorded in 1930–35; frog ¹ + march ¹

Example Sentences

The media mogul, whose Apple Daily tabloid was vociferously critical of Beijing, was frogmarched out of his newsroom in a police raid in August 2020, two months after the NSL took effect.

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On the morning of the penultimate stage, he was frogmarched out of the team hotel by Italian police.

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The peer said his guest, a university student, was "visibly shaken" after being "frogmarched" by the guard.

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"Unchecked carbon pollution is forcing the world's most vulnerable on a frogmarch to destruction," Guterres said in a video address Monday.

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Dignified comportment is not his strong suit, but surely he cannot equably contemplate being frogmarched out of the White House.

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