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Mau-mau

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To menace through intimidating tactics; to intimidate, harass; to terrorize. transitive

    "It was my first experience with the phenomenon that would later be called "mau-mauing the flack catcher.""

Etymology

From Mau Mau, the name of a group of anti-British insurgents in Kenya, who were noted in Europe for their (alleged) extreme violence and brutality.

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