Phrase guide

at gunpoint

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Under coercion by someone with a firearm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • At gunpoint I was told to hand over my money.
  • I held him at gunpoint until police arrived.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

Under coercion in general.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَحْتَ التَّهْدِيد بِالسِّلاح (taḥta t-tahdīd bi-s-silāḥ) — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Catalan: a punta de pistola — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 在槍口 /在枪口 (zài qiāng kǒu) — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Dutch: onder bedreiging van een vuurwapen — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Dutch: onder schot — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Esperanto: al pinto de pistolo — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Esperanto: per armila forto — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Finnish: aseella uhaten — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • French: en joue — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • German: mit vorgehaltener Schusswaffe — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • German: unter vorgehaltener Schusswaffe — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • German: mit Schusswaffengewalt — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • German: unter Schusswaffengewalt — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • German: von einer Pistole bedroht — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Hebrew: באיומי אקדח — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Italian: a mano armata — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Japanese: 銃を突きつけて (jū o tsukitsukete) — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Polish: pod lufą karabinu — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Russian: под дулом автомата (pod dulom avtomata) — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Russian: под дулом пистолета (pod dulom pistoleta) — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Spanish: a punta de pistola — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Spanish: a mano armada — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Swedish: under vapenhot — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Swedish: under pistolhot — under coercion by someone with a firearm
  • Thai: ที่จ่อ (thī̀ c̀x) — under coercion by someone with a firearm