English Dictionary

kneecap

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈniːˌkæp/

動詞

他動詞 広義 比喩的用法

(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.

日本語の意味

犯罪者やテロリストによって行われる処罰として、対象の膝を撃って損傷または破壊する行為。

The gang threatened to kneecap anyone who cooperated with the police.

そのギャングは警察に協力する者の膝を撃つと脅した。

意味（1）

(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.

The Sinn Féin press officer Richard McAuley freely admitted, “Back four or five years ago, people were getting kneecapped who should not have been kneecapped.”

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.

kneecaps （ present singular third-person ）

kneecapping （ participle present ）

kneecapped （ participle past ）

kneecapped （ past ）