KNEECAPPING

Kneecapping

Kneecapping is a form of malicious wounding, often as criminal punishment or torture, in which the victim is injured in the knee, often using a firearm or power drill to damage the knee joint and kneecap.

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kneecapping

Noun

  1. The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
    There have been five reports of kneecapping this month.
  2. An act of this type of punishment.
    The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping.


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