to kneecap
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈniːkæp/
- Offensive
:
disparar a alguien en la rodilla
- Some are hiring hitmen to kneecap them.
It's so evident in that debate that they're there to kneecap Donald Trump, OK?
- It's so evident in that debate that they're there to kneecap Donald Trump, OK?
- This felt to me not like legislation to control AI, but legislation to kneecap the market leader.
- And it's all about the ROM com and how it kneecapped millennial women from a financial perspective.
Examples
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If you betray us, we might have to kneecap you as a warning.
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Give him the key or I'll kneecap you.
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I'm not gonna kneecap you or anything.
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It's so evident in that debate that they're there to kneecap Donald Trump, OK?
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And Reece never kills unless he has to; mostly, he just kneecaps them.
Blog text (1) -
Next week, the state legislature in Indianapolis plans legislative hearings similar to those in Wisconsin, Florida, and Ohio, where Republican majorities have moved swiftly to kneecap union organizing and bargaining rights.
Blog text (27) -
The gang is known to kneecap their enemies to send a message.
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The threat to kneecap anyone who crossed them made everyone nervous.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kneecap as a verb comes from the noun kneecap and the idea of damaging that small bone as punishment or a warning. So, to kneecap someone is to 'injure' their knee to punish or scare them.