necklace

necklace
1. noun /ˈnɛkləs/
a) An article of jewelry/jewellery that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

a necklace of coral islands

b) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
2. verb /ˈnɛkləs/
(South African) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victims neck.

Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.

3. adjective /ˈnɛkləs/
(South African) Describing a method of murder.

Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturdays "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffreys Bay.


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