frogmarch — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   frog-walk

   Examples

   Maybe it happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when no one could work and soldiers frog-marched curfew-breakers through the township streets like criminals.

2. To force a person forward against their will.

   Usage

   • Figurative
   • Transitive

   Examples

   The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house.

3. To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.

   Usage

   • Dated
   • Transitive

4. To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. The process of frogmarching a person.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Verb

1. march a person against their will by any method

   Broader terms

   march

2. carry someone against their will upside down such that each limb is held by one person

   Broader terms

   bear