Necklace

Full definition of necklace

(plural necklaces)

An article of jewelry 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.
(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.a necklace of coral islands
(South Africa) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.

4 August, 2004 Headline Pretoria News: Necklacing: 7 held.Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van KesselSeveral of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-MadikizelaIn the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?

(South Africa) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

May 29 2003: The Star: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.
2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben TemkinInkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van KesselThe first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.