Definition of "kneecappings" []

• Plural form of kneecapping. (noun)

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• "All those years of violence, of bombings and kneecappings, of futility and death, rise up again on a beautiful afternoon in rural Kent."
• "The image we have of Europe in the '60s is of a continent in the midst of some kind of political revolution, with stenciled portraits of Che Guevara painted on ancient walls, terrorist bombings, kneecappings and the occasional assassination of political and business leaders."
• "Although for much of the time the various teams within the city operated in tandem, respecting each other's territory, there were sporadic turf wars characterised by tit-for-tat shootings, with kneecappings a popular form of warning or 'frightener'."