A type of murder, often carried out by youths, in which a tire is put around the neck of a victim and lit on fire.
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Necklacing Term Timeline in Mother to Mother
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Chapter 5
...his neck and setting it on fire, an action that came to be known as necklacing. Few leaders condemned the murder, even though, to Mandisa’s knowledge, the man was innocent. More...
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