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necklace
noun
An article of jewelry/jewellery that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
(
figuratively
) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
a of coral islands
Translations:
French: collier
German: Halskette
Italian: collana
Spanish: collar
verb
(
necklac, ing
)
(South African) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's neck, and set on fire.
May 29 2003
: The Star:
:
Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and
necklaced
two suspected burglars.
2002
Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
:
Inkatha members have been hacked to death and
necklaced
, and their houses have been destroyed
2000
Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
:
The first instance of
necklacing
occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle
?
.
adjective
(
no
(
compar
)
or
(
superl
))
(South African) Describing a method of murder.
4 August, 2004
Headline Pretoria News:
Necklacing: 7 held
.
:
Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
2000
Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
:
Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone
?
were also subjected to a execution
2004
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
:
In the fluidly unfolding events of a murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?
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