lathi

American  

[lah-tee] / ˈlɑ ti /

Or lathee

noun

Indian English.

1. a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.

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lathi British  

/ ˈlɑːtɪ /

noun

1. a long heavy wooden stick used as a weapon in India, esp by the police

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Etymology

Origin of lathi

First recorded in 1840–50, lathi is from the Hindi word lāthī

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Example Sentences

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lathi

At the river, police with lathi sticks herded masses across pontoon bridges.

From Forbes ● Sep. 26, 2014

Many of them then dashed the couple of miles into town to the hotel where both teams are staying, and police had to "use mild lathi" to curb over-exuberance.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2013

In the pandemonium that followed, Nehru seized a policeman's steel-tipped bamboo lathi and, brandishing it aloft, cried at the crowd: "Stop this uproar!"

From Time Magazine Archive

The next swings his lathi jauntily; he does not know anything, he will not say.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Our Company's boundary line in some way conflicted with theirs, and a dispute arose which soon developed into a series of, first, most comical mix-ups, and afterwards into desperate "lathi" fights.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson

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