gunpoint

gunpoint
 v.— «I’ve wandered Cape Town and Phnom Penh with a bucket load of camera gear with nary a scratch to show for it—but got gunpointed in broad daylight in downtown Asuncion.» —“Re: Melbourne—How safe to travel at night ?” by Raffi Balmanoukian Usenet: rec.travel.australia+nz Nov. 18, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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