roscoe

slang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roscoe
Noun
  • Prosecutors argued that on October 21, 2021, Gutierrez-Reed loaded the revolver at the center of this incident.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Baldwin was pointing the weapon at Hutchins while preparing for a scene when the revolver discharged.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Former Indiana State Police Firearm Examiner Melissa Oberg testified the .40 caliber round found between the bodies matched a pistol seized from Allen’s home, according to CNN affiliate WTHR.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Turner was also convicted of four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license.
    Emily Palmer, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
  • This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • The caller, police said, had told dispatchers a man armed with a handgun was forcing his way into the home.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Walker, who believed that intruders were entering the home, fired one shot from a handgun, striking one officer.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • However, when the punishment fits the crime, stick to your guns.
    Katherine Lewis, Parents, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Seconds later, the clown pulled out a gun and shot Warren in the mouth at point blank range.
    KC Baker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
    EDWARD M. EVELD, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • On back-to-back plays, though, Jordan Love fumbled shotgun snaps.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Here's a look at life in prison for the notorious brothers and three paths to potential freedom: The case Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, admitted to buying shotguns and firing 16 rounds at Jose and Kitty Menendez inside the family's Beverly Hills home in 1989.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • To speed up the count and to improve the system, in 2022, the state passed Act 88, which distributed forty-five million dollars to counties in exchange for their agreement to process ballots around the clock until the count is completed.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Turn your body toward the person, make eye contact, and listen for thirty or forty-five seconds.
    Leon E. Moores, MD, DSc, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024

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“Roscoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roscoe. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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