| 释义 |
kneecapping
knee·cap K0087500 (nē′kăp′)n.1. See patella.2. See kneepad.tr.v. knee·capped, knee·cap·ping, knee·caps To cripple by shooting in the legs, especially in the knees.kneecapping (ˈniːˌkæpɪŋ) nan act of shooting a person in the kneecap, esp as an act of retaliationTranslationsEncyclopediaSeekneecapKneecapping
The act of destroying someone’s knee(s) using a firearm, baseball bat, lead pipe or other blunt instrument, or a power drill—with a countersunk drill bit—as punishment or torture. The practice has been popular with paramilitaries in Italy and Northern Ireland and reported from Gaza. The patella is not always injured in these incidents; damage to soft tissues—nerves and arteries—can be significantKneecapping
KneecappingInformal; the act of stopping a trend. The term is highly derogatory. For example, an analyst may accuse a government of kneecapping GDP growth by adopting a certain policy. |