BATON

Baton

A truncheon or baton is essentially a club of less than arm's length made of wood, plastic, or metal. They are carried for forced compliance and self-defense by law-enforcement officers, correctional staff, security-industry employees and military personnel. Other uses for truncheons and batons include crowd control or the dispersal of belligerent or non-compliant people.

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BATON

BATON is a Type 1 block cipher in use since at least 1995 by the United States government to secure classified information.

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baton

Noun

  1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal
  2. The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
  3. An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
  4. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
  5. An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).

Verb

  1. To strike with a baton.


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