Italian

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Etymology

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From incaprettare +‎ -mento.

Noun

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incaprettamento m (plural incaprettamenti)

  1. tying up by the legs (of a sheep or goat)
  2. (slang) the tying of a person's legs behind him to his neck so that he eventually strangles himself; a hogtie (as a Mafia murder technique)