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knifepoint
[nahyf-point]
noun
the sharp tip of a knife.
Idioms and Phrases
at knifepoint, under threat of being cut or stabbed with a knife.
He was robbed at knifepoint.
Example Sentences
Masked intruders who held Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish at knifepoint as they robbed his house must repay more than £750,000 or face six extra years in prison each.
Mr Laskey, 43, was squirted with a corrosive substance when his son was mugged at knifepoint in Newcastle in February 2023.
The ringleader of a gang which stole £4m worth of luxury cars after breaking into the owners' homes and threatening them at knifepoint has been jailed.
A "dangerous sexual predator" with "an intense hatred for women" targeted four sex workers in one night and attacked them at knifepoint after luring them to secluded parts of Manchester city centre, a court has heard.
“As officers responded to these incidents, another 911 call reported a robbery at knifepoint.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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