Usage Note
Manganellata is the noun of action formed from manganello (police baton/truncheon) with the suffix -ata (a blow with the named object). Italian productively builds such nouns: schiaffo → schiaffata, bastone → bastonata. It appears most frequently in journalistic reports on policing or crowd control. Plural: manganellate.
Examples
"Il manifestante ricevette una manganellata."
Natural Translation
The protester received a baton blow.
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