mangling

present participle of mangle

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Verb
  • Just as pig butchering schemes migrated to the US in 2021, some believe these digital arrest deepfake scams will migrate in 2025.
    Frank McKenna, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Analysis of the more than 3,000 bones has suggested that unidentified assailants violently killed at least 37 men, women and children before butchering and cannibalizing their victims between 2210 and 2010 BC at a site called Charterhouse Warren, which is located in Somerset.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at ages 18 and 21 after being convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Eleven years after attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress, she's changed careers and started a family with a new husband, Bob Miller.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Mangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mangling. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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