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Immurement (from Latin im- 'in' and murus 'wall'; lit. ' walling in ' ), also called immuration or live entombment , is a form of imprisonment , usually until death, in which someone is placed within an enclosed space without exits. [ 1 ]
Payet (born 1963) is a French criminal who gained notoriety for his daring prison escapes using helicopters. He was initially sentenced to a 30-year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van in 1997. He escaped two times with a helicopter. After his second escape he was captured on 21 September 2007. [100] [101] [102]
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
Financial guru Dave Ramsey frequently uses the term “broke people” on his show. But in an interview earlier this year, co-host George Kamel pushed him to clearly define what he meant by it ...
Shield wall: the massed use of interconnected shields to form a wall in battle. Shield wall (fortification): the highest and thickest wall of a castle protecting the main assault approach. Shoot and scoot: a type of fire-and-movement tactic used by artillery to avoid counter-battery fire.
Police say a man who broke into the British pub where he used to work in Texas had to be rescued when he got stuck in a grease vent. Firefighters were able to free the 43-year-old man from the ...
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A staircase with two missing stairs and a warning sign, where the structural problem has not been fixed yet. The missing stair is a metaphor for a person within a social group or organization who many people know is untrustworthy or otherwise has to be "managed," but around whom the group chooses to work by discreetly warning newcomers of their behavior, rather than address the person and ...