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leopard society
leopard society n. 
/liˈopad soˌsaiɛti/ in West Africa, a native secret society whose members dress as leopards and attack their victims in the manner of leopards.
Brit. /ˈlɛpəd səˌsʌɪəti/
, /ˈlɛpəd səˌsʌɪəti/U.S. /ˈlɛpərd səˌsaɪədi/
, /ˈlɛpərd səˌsaɪədi/West African English /ˈlɛpad soˌsaiɛti/
, /ˈlɛpad soˌsaiɛti//liˈopad soˌsaiɛti/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > other secret societies
camorra1865
the Mafia1866
Unione Siciliana1906
Black Hand1912
leopard society1915
Broederbond1935
Union Corse1963
'ndrangheta1978
1915 K. J. Beatty Human Leopards i. 6 To deal with this extraordinary class of crime the Government of the Colony of Sierra Leone decided that drastic and exceptional legislation was necessary, and a Bill entitled the Human Leopard Society Ordinance, 1895, was introduced and passed.
1929 F. W. Butt-Thompson W. Afr. Secret Soc. i. 20 Most of the criminal associations are ‘animal’ societies... They include Alligator, Baboon, Boa, Leopard, Panther societies.
1968 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 975/2 There were many leopard societies, of which the most renowned was the anyota society of the Bali tribe, eastern Congo.
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