at gunpoint

prepositional phrase

Under coercion by someone with a firearm.

“I held him at gunpoint until police arrived.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Under coercion by someone with a firearm.

    I held him at gunpoint until police arrived.

    1 more example

    At gunpoint I was told to hand over my money.

  2. broadlyUnder coercion in general.

Translations

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

at gunpoint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20gunpoint

MLA

“at gunpoint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20gunpoint. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at gunpoint,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20gunpoint.

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