knifepoint

[nahyf-point]

noun

1. the sharp tip of a knife.

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. at knifepoint, under threat of being cut or stabbed with a knife.

   He was robbed at knifepoint.

Example Sentences

A few months later, Xenarios, already working as a social worker, arrived to interview a resident at a Harlem apartment building and was grabbed at knifepoint by a man in the stairwell.

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Three male suspects are believed to have stolen around $200,000 from a jeweler at knifepoint when he stopped to fix a flat tire in Woodland Hills on Monday evening.

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He would then reportedly attack them at knifepoint, usually at night.

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Doe got into their vehicle and was taken into an apartment, where the man allegedly sexually assaulted her at knifepoint, according to the lawsuit.

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The infant’s father, Dragan Antonesco, 20, held the mother at knifepoint while Antonesco’s parents, 48-year-old Viorel Ilie and 40-year-old Marioara Ilie, assaulted her and kidnapped their grandson, the sheriff’s department said.

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