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What (who) is kneecapping - definition
FORM OF MALICIOUS WOUNDING OR TORTURE TO THE KNEE, USUALLY BY GUNSHOT
Knee capping; Knee-capped; Knee-capping
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Kneecapping
Kneecapping is a form of malicious wounding, often as torture, in which the victim is injured in the knee. The injury is typically inflicted by a low-velocity gunshot to the knee pit with a handgun.
knee-capping
also kneecapping
(knee-cappings)
Knee-capping is the act of shooting someone in the knee and is carried out by some terrorist organizations as a form of punishment.
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Kneecapping
Kneecapping is a form of malicious wounding, often as torture, in which the victim is injured in the knee. The injury is typically inflicted by a low-velocity gunshot to the knee pit with a handgun. The term is considered a misnomer by medical professionals because only a very small minority of victims suffer damage to the kneecap. A review of eighty kneecapping victims found that only two had a fractured kneecap. Some victims have their elbows and ankles shot as well.
Examples of use of kneecapping
1. Kneecapping – in which a victim‘s kneecaps were blown out with a shotgun – was one of the IRA‘s most infamous tactics.
2. He will deserve the moniker David Gratuitous Davis unless he learns that he should leave kneecapping to gangsters and the IRA.
3. John McCain (R–Ariz.) campaigned in South Carolina yesterday, he confronted crudely produced fliers attacking his war record and a blitz of robotic phone calls twisting his position on abortion, attacks he said were reminiscent of the political kneecapping he endured in the state eight years ago.