verb
- to force someone to walk forward by holding and pinning their arms from behind
Usage: transitive verb; often used in contexts of arrest, removal, or forcible escort
noun
- an act or instance of forcibly escorting someone by holding their arms from behind
Usage: countable noun; often used in plural or as a singular event
Examples
- The security guards frogmarched the protester out of the building.
- Police frogmarched the suspect to the waiting patrol car.
- He was given a frogmarch by two officers after refusing to leave.
- The rowdy fan received a frogmarch from stadium security.
- They frogmarched him down the hallway despite his protests.
- The frogmarch was captured on video and later went viral.
- She frogmarches anyone who violates the rules out of her classroom.