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[Hanka]

Hi,

could you please tell me what "capping" means in the following sentence:

"They have benn saying that the death squads have been capping their friends."

Thanks a lot!

Hanka

[boothling]

"To cap" means "to kill" (usually by shooting).

It's a slang expression that comes from gang culture in the US (or possibly Jamaica, I'm not sure).

[Ouisch]

Boothling is correct, it is a slang phrase that means to shoot someone. If you "pop a cap" into someone, it means that you've shot them.