knuckle-duster


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knuckle-duster

a metal bar fitted over the knuckles, often with holes for the fingers, for inflicting injury by a blow with the fist
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It was described as an 8in black metal knuckle-duster with a blade at one end.
Ex-arcade worker had offensive weapon
But Liam Quinn had armed himself with a knuckle-duster and punches were exchanged with another while he was wearing it.
Man grabbed drugs off police as they arrested his fighting brother
But it was Grey who was charged by police with having an offensive weapon, despite saying he was only using the knuckle-duster as a reference for a tattoo.
Man had knuckle-duster made on 3D printer
But CCTV caught him dumping the knuckle-duster which a judge warned only serves one purpose - to injure.
Confused drunk dodges jail after finding weapon
Dubai: A government employee brutally beat a schoolboy, 16, wearing a knuckle-duster and pulled him into a dark alley where he raped him, heard a court on Wednesday.
Employee rapes schoolboy in dark alley
We've had arrests for an assault, a knuckle-duster, public order matters and also a foot chase on Broad Street!" A woman was also arrested for drug dealing in the city centre in the same shift.
News Knuckle-duster, police chase, drug dealing & more... One night in city
So I had a knuckle-duster in my pocket - which was just stupid.
CRAZY DAY ARSENAL STAR TRAORE TOOK KNUCKLE DUSTE TO WHITE HART LANE; NORTH LONDON DERBY MADNESS'; I ended up in cell for 10 hours and Arsene found out'
"I told them that I did not have anything but they insisted I give them my wallet or they would destroy my face with a knuckle-duster and leave me in a pool of my own blood.
Teenagers jailed for mugging
He had the knuckle-duster and a machete sheath and the blade itself was lying nearby.
Drunk who brandished a machete was simply 'gardening'
A MAN tried to attack a car park attendant with a knuckle-duster after he failed to give his brother work days earlier, a court heard.
Knuckle-duster man in court after car park threat
Wilson said that she was stopped by LAX airport security for "carrying an Alexander McQueen knuckle-duster purse," which the staff thought was a fake.
Aussie Actress Rebel Wilson Almost Arrested At L.A. Airport For Carrying Alexander McQueen Purse
Jason David Cashman, 42, of Spennithorne Road, and Luke Peter Cashman, 23, of Mowbray Grove, Bishopsgarth, Stockton, carried out a revenge attack in the loos of The Keys public house in Yarm on April 24 2011, using a knuckle-duster and a glass.
Dad and son lose appeal; 10-year sentences not too long, say top judges
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