to necklace
1
9.9
- verb
- Offensive
:
matar prendiendo fuego a alguien con un neumático alrededor del cuello
- The daily police reports list the atrocities: nine black men knifed by a mob, three black women burned to death, and a 9-year-old girl necklaced with a burning tire.
Examples
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The Young Soldiers caught a girl they thought had betrayed them and necklaced her by piling tires on her, dousing them with petrol, and setting them alight.
Fiction book (1993) -
Okay, yes, he's out of my league now... ...but not once I learn how to pearl-necklace him.
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Blacks who were collaborators were "necklaced," and members of local councils were hounded.
Academic text (1990) -
Dressed in jeans and velvet jackets, they are carrying automatic rifles and are necklaced with shells.
Academic text (1991) -
The Young Soldiers caught a girl they thought had betrayed them and necklaced her by piling tires on her, dousing them with petrol, and setting them alight.
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Competing political parties murdered their opponents, and alleged government spies were necklaced—a gasoline-soaked tire forced around their torsos and set on fire.
Compounds
A small necklace with a five-pointed star used by some people to show religious or spiritual belief
How Violent
- Formal
294
6.1
- Offensive
582
5.7
- Offensive
1
9.9
157
1.8
- Specialized
378
4.5
53
1.6
738
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb necklace comes from a cruel image: during violent times in South Africa people put a burning tire around someone's neck like a 'necklace'. That's why to necklace someone means to kill or badly hurt them by putting a burning tire around their neck.