Definition of "knifepoint" []

• The sharp end of a knife. (noun)
• At knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. (idiom)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He countered, “Within six months of moving here, you were robbed at knifepoint and stumbled into the path of an angry bear.”"
• "The day she died, Aasiya Hassan forced her terrified husband at knifepoint to end a friendship with a woman confidante, the defense lawyer said."
• "The hotel desk was deserted because the attackers had robbed the staff and forced them into another room at knifepoint and threatened them."