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Noun
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#uncountable The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
#:There have been five reports of kneecapping this month.
#countable An act of this type of punishment.
#:The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping.
vi:kneecapping
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