📚 Knifepoint, noun. 🔉 /ˈnʌɪfpɔɪnt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: Used in reference to the use of a knife to threaten someone. ❗️ Examples: 1. He was mugged at knifepoint. 2. A total of 14,980 knifepoint robberies were recorded by police. 3. A landlord who was tied up and threatened at knifepoint while balaclava-clad raiders ransacked his Brentwood pub has told of his horrific ordeal. 4. A female motorist was threatened at knifepoint during a terrifying car-jacking in Bradford. 5. Moments later he was threatened at knifepoint by the man who spoke with a heavy Irish accent. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic