Usually means: Deliberately shooting in the knee.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. kneecapping: Merriam-Webster
  2. kneecapping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kneecapping: Collins English Dictionary
  4. kneecapping: Vocabulary.com
  5. Kneecapping, kneecapping: Wordnik
  6. kneecapping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. kneecapping: Wiktionary
  8. kneecapping: Dictionary.com
  9. Kneecapping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. kneecapping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kneecapping: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kneecapping: Medical dictionary

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  1. Glossary of Terrorism Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kneecapping: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kneecapping)

noun:  (gerund) The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
noun:  (gerund, figurative, by extension) An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement.

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