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stun gun

A weapon designed to stun or temporarily immobilize a victim, especially by delivering a high-voltage electric shock.

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stun gun

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

stun′ gun`

a hand-held weapon that releases an electric charge or a tranquilizer dart to immobilize a person or animal.

[1965–70]

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stun gun - a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock

stun baton

weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"

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stun gun

n → Elektroschocker m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stun gun

n pistola or arma paralizante, paralizador m

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At his "highly fortified" house in Sutton Road, Mile Oak, police found three stun guns, a samurai sword, a shillelagh, various knives, nunchucks, machetes, an axe and an extendable baton.

10,000-volt stun gun found in home; COURT TOLD OF WEAPONS AT BUSINESSMAN'S 'HIGHLY FORTIFIED' GATED MANSION

The court was told two other stun guns were discovered in a "teenager's" bedroom inside the house.

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TWO holidaymakers caught at Newcastle Airport bringing back disguised stun guns they bought in Turkey as a "laugh" have had their appeals dismissed.

Men jailed over holiday stun guns lose appeal; PAIR SAID WEAPONS WERE A 'JOKE'

Stun guns affect the central nervous system, leaving victims unable to escape as they lose control of their muscles.

One million volt stun gun crook locked up; gadget was disguised as mobile phone; Deadly device can cause heart attacks

AHOLIDAYMAKER was caught with dozens of weapons including knuckle dusters, stun guns, and a set of nunchucks in his luggage at Cardiff Airport.

Holidaymaker caught with stun guns and knuckle dusters is jailed

THE disguised "stun guns" may be illegal but that has not stopped the weapons flooding into this country.

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O'Neill gave evidence to a fact finding hearing that there were in fact two stun guns.

STUNNED; FUGITIVE PRISONER BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE FOUND SELFIES WITH TASER GUN

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hispanics shot with stun guns by police in Connecticut in 2015 were more likely to be fired upon multiple times than other racial groups, according to an analysis released Thursday of the first statewide data of police stun gun use in the United States.

Report: US Police More Likely to Use Stun Guns on Minorities

A MAN who tried to smuggle ten stun guns disguised as mobile phones into the country through Coventry has been jailed for 18 months.

Prison for man who smuggled stun guns disguised as phones

DEADLY stun guns made to look like iPhones can be purchased online for as little as PS13 - sparking fears they will fuel gang warfare on the streets.

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Massachusetts is not alone in its ban on stun guns. Right now, five states - Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Hawaii - and the District of Columbia have bans on the ownership of stun guns for those not in law enforcement.