Necklacing

neck·lace (n

1. An ornament worn around the neck.

2. Something felt to resemble this neck ornament, as in shape: a necklace of hundreds of tiny islands.

necklace [ˈnɛklɪs]

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) a chain, band, or cord, often bearing beads, pearls, jewels, etc., worn around the neck as an ornament, esp by women

2. (in South Africa) a tyre soaked in petrol, placed round a person's neck, and set on fire in order to burn the person to death

(tr) South African to kill (someone) by placing a burning tyre round his or her neck

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Noun

necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)

strand, string, chain - a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

chain - a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies"

choker, dog collar, neckband, collar - necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

jewellery, jewelry - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)

pendant, pendent - an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

necklace

noun chain, beads, pendant, choker, necklet She dropped her pearl necklace on the dressing-table.

Translations

necklace [ˈneklɪs] N → collar m

necklace [ˈnɛkləs] n → collier m

necklace

n → (Hals)kette f

necklace [ˈnɛklɪs] n → collana
pearl necklace → collana di perle

necklace → قلادة náhrdelník halskæde Halskette περιδέραιο collar kaulakoru collier ogrlica collana ネックレス 목걸이 halsketting halskjede naszyjnik colar ожерелье halsband สร้อยคอ kolye dây chuyền 项链

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bead
bead tree
bib necklace
carcanet
choker
collar
coral
coral necklace
dog collar
Eastern cottonwood
genus Illecebrum
Illecebrum
Illecebrum verticullatum
jumbie bead
jumby bead
jumby bean
jumby tree
necklace poplar
necklaced

Some of the more important tactics depicted here include the almost impenetrable male social networks of bonding on the streets, 'comrade' activities of boycotts and strikes to render the township ungovernable, and the sheer violence in acts such as torture, public brutality and necklacing against impipis (informers).

Theatres of Struggle and the End of Apartheid by Fenio, Kenly Greer / African Studies Quarterly

In South Africa rubber tires have become almost emblematic of the struggle against apartheid in their immediate reference to both protest and the practice of so-called necklacing murders, a notorious method employed in the black townships in the 1980s to kill blacks suspected of being police informers.

Witnessing trauma in post-apartheid South Africa: the question of ... by Van Der Watt, Liese / African Arts

Ms Williams, who has reported the matter to West Yorkshire Police, said: ``Anticamera campaigners who break laws such as avoiding paying fines, necklacing cameras, or making nasty threats against individuals are being exposed for what they are -bully boys.

Threat to cameras supporter by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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