Taser

[ tey-zer ]

Trademark.

1. Often TASER. a brand name for a gunlike device that uses propelled wires or direct contact to electrically stun and incapacitate a person temporarily.

Taser

/ ˈteɪzə /

noun

1. a weapon that fires electrical probes that give an electric shock, causing temporary paralysis

verb

1. tr to stun (someone) with a taser

Example Sentences

Yanez then repeatedly yells “put your hands behind your back,” before using his taser.

From Los Angeles Times

While authorities have claimed that Valdez tried to grab the officer’s gun and taser, his family alleges police unnecessarily escalated the confrontation, then misled them about the killing.

From Los Angeles Times

"They would strip us naked. They would Taser us. They would hit us in a sensitive place. They would tell us 'We will castrate you'," he said.

From BBC

A former police officer has been spared a jail sentence over his fatal decision to Taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms at an Australia aged care home.

From BBC

Commissioner Karen Webb described the death as "a terrible tragedy" that shouldn't have happened, but stressed that the force's Taser and training policies are appropriate.

From BBC