| 单词 | the necklace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe necklace b. Chiefly South African. Frequently as the necklace. A tyre doused or filled with petrol, placed round a victim's neck and shoulders and set alight; this as a method of lynching or unofficial execution. Also attributive, as necklace murder, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [adjective] > relating to lynching by necklace necklace1985 necklaced1993 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > burning necklace1985 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > burning > tyre soaked in petrol necklace1985 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > burning > means of necklace1985 1985 Washington Post 12 Aug. a9/2 A group of young blacks caught him and pulled him to the ground. As he lay there they smashed rocks into his skull and body. Then came the ‘necklace’ burning. 1985 Grocott's Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 1 Oct. 3 Notes put under doors threatening occupants with ‘the necklace’ should they buy from white shops. 1987 Daily Tel. 28 May 10/4 Setting fire to tyre ‘necklaces’ is a method of execution used by blacks to execute informers. 1987 Cape Times 10 July 2 Necklace murders and the killing of community councillors. 1991 Observer 24 Mar. 13/1 (headline) ‘Necklace’ killings as Saddam's men reimpose terror. 1994 R. Malan in Style May 37 My rage over Steve Biko's murder obliterated by the horror of the necklace. 2001 Independent 3 Mar. 15/4 Then the mob in the shanty town near Johannesburg, rushed to fetch a tyre and petrol for his ‘necklace’. < as lemmas |
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