Usage Note
Trique is an informal word for a heavy stick used as a weapon or for beating. The expression à coups de trique ('with blows of a stick') is used figuratively to describe harsh, coercive management. It is fairly colloquial and more common in spoken French than in formal writing.
Examples
"Il brandissait une trique en criant."
Natural Translation
He was brandishing a cudgel while shouting.
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