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  3. Jul 8, 2016 · The verb to frog-march (somebody) means to force (somebody) to walk forward by holding and pinning their arms from behind. This sense is milder than the original, as the frog’s march was a police metaphor denoting a method of moving a resistant person such as a prisoner, in which he or she is lifted by the arms and legs and carried in a prone ...

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    Oct 15, 2020 · Frog-marching is a police tactic for moving a recalcitrant prisoner from place to place. The name seems odd to us today because the present-day tactic doesn’t seem to have anything to do with frogs. But that’s because exactly what frog-marching consists of has changed. The tactic originated in London, and the earliest reference to it is in ...

  5. The earliest known use of the noun frog-marchis in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for frog-marchis from 1871, in the Evening Standard(London). frog-marchis formed within English, by compounding. Etymons:frogn.1, marchn.5.

  6. The earliest known use of the verb frog-march is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for frog-march is from 1884, in the Sporting Times. It is also recorded as a noun from the 1870s. frog-march is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: frog-march n.

  7. The meaning of FROG-MARCH is to seize from behind roughly and forcefully propel forward. How to use frog-march in a sentence.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Perp_walkPerp walk - Wikipedia

    Actor Russell Crowe perp-walking before media on the way to his arraignment in New York City on an assault charge in 2005. A perp walk, walking the perp, [note 1] is a practice in law enforcement of taking an arrested suspect, usually right after arrest, out in public, usually from the police station to the vehicle to the courthouse and then after the court hearing back to the vehicle ...

  9. A complete guide to the word "FROGMARCH": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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