kettling

[Paul Frank]

The crowd-control tactic of "kettling," which is on the front pages of
British newspapers this week, is not in the OED. Or at least I don't see
it there. I first came across this word in 2009, in connection with the
G20 protests in London.

See:

Police 'kettling' under fire as May refuses to rule out water cannon
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-kettling-under-fire-as-may-refuses-to-rule-out-water-cannon-2158673.html

Being kettled was a shocking experience
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/10/kettled-shocking-experience

Paul

--

Paul Frank
Translator
Chinese, German, French, Italian > English
Espace de l'Europe 16
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
paulfrank at bfs.admin.ch
paulfrank at post.harvard.edu

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org