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kneecapping

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knee·cap  (nkp)
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.
Translations
kneecapping [ˈniːˌkæpɪŋ] Ndisparo m a las rodillas
kneecapping [ˈniːˌkæpɪŋ] ngambizzazione f
kneecapping [ˈniːˌkæpɪŋ] ngambizzazione f


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A CONTROVERSIAL REPORTER for one of the nation's leading newspapers stumbles onto what at first looks like a routine Washington story but eventually, after two years of mounting federal inquiry, becomes a wide-reaching scandal that rocks the very foundations of the White House, kneecapping the second presidential term of a big-government Republican hell-bent on expanding executive power.
More unfavorable stories followed both in print and on network TV, effectively kneecapping Brown's efforts to maintain his base and recruit new blood.
Public broadcasting's original structure and the kneecapping it got from Nixon pushed it in the direction of what broadcasting scholar Erik Barnouw calls the "safely splendid.
 
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