Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a necklace; marked as with a necklace. The hooded and the necklaced snake.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
necklace .
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Examples
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Nondumo was tried by a kangaroo court and "necklaced" - a petrol-doused tyre placed around his neck and set alight, Green said.
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A 15-year-old youth died after being "necklaced" -- set alight with a burning car tyre around his neck -- at Soweto's
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you know, there's another meaning of 'necklaced' - A Dress A Day
you know, there's another meaning of 'necklaced' - A Dress A Day 2006
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"necklaced" - a vicious murder where a petrol-soaked tyre is placed around the neck of the victim and set alight.
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"necklaced" -- and 10 people, including three policemen, were wounded in political violence in Soweto and Sebokeng south of
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Reblog you know, there's another meaning of 'necklaced'
July 2006 2006
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AK-47 rifles, and for the attempted murder of Mpikayipheli Hadebe, who was forced to drink petrol and "necklaced".
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In June 1981 the ANC exposed him and abducted him and his brother Monde Mpateni to Lobatse, about 400km from Gaborone, where they "necklaced" his brother by burning him alive with a petrol-doused tyre placed around his neck.
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A security police hitsquad "necklaced" a Mamelodi, Pretoria activist after first strangling him to death, a former security policeman told the Truth Commission's amnesty committee on Tuesday.
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One of the victims had been "necklaced" (killed by setting alight a tyre filled with petrol and placed around the neck).
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