necklace
suomi-englanti sanakirjanecklace englannista suomeksi
kaulanauha, kaulakoru
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necklace englanniksi
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
(ux)
A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
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2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
- ''Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution''
2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
- ''In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?''
To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
- ''Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed''
- ''The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.''