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See also: kneecap

kneecapping

noun

knee·​cap·​ping ˈnē-ˌka-piŋ How to pronounce kneecapping (audio)
: the act or practice of shooting or otherwise maiming or crippling a person's knees (as by gunshot)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Shortages would trigger rationing, likely kneecapping industry and tipping the continent’s already struggling economy into a recession. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 Telling her she’s wrong to feel something is key to that form of emotional kneecapping. Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 Trump's lack of goodness is evidenced in his kneecapping and silencing of his critics, including in the media. S.e. Cupp Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020 Most kneecapping of all, perhaps, is the knowledge that even the best novel is not a form of direct action. Jonathan Dee, New York Times, 8 May 2020 College athletic directors are only important for their influence on coaches and fundraising, so in that way the kneecapping of Sheahon Zenger is only interesting for its impact on David Beaty and Kansas' stuck-in-the-mud football program. Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 21 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of kneecapping was in 1974

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