rotan

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rotan

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definitions

noun

  1. a cane, traditionally made of rattan, used to cane criminals or other offenders as punishment

    2. Besides sparing him the rotan, Chief Justice Yong also reduced his two-year jail term to the original nine months.

    — 2006 January 19, Jeffrey Ho Loon Poh. Today, "Spared the rod". p.28

    ... under an amendment, illegal immigrants would face a mandatory sentence of 12 months' jail and a maximum of six strokes of the rotan.

    — 2002 April 25. Today (Afternoon Edition), "KL gets tough on immigration offenders". p.3


verb

  1. to cane using a rotan