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happy slapping

noun

Meaning

  1. The practice of physically attacking (originally, slapping), and often verbally abusing, a person and photographing or filming the attack using a camera phone, the recording sometimes being sent to others to further humiliate the victim.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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