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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.se a ta.ba/ ~ /pɑ.se a ta.ba/, (more formal) /pa.se.ʁ‿a ta.ba/ ~ /pɑ.se.ʁ‿a ta.ba/
Verb
passer à tabac
- (transitive) to beat thoroughly, to beat to a pulp
- Synonym: tabasser
2023 August, Ulrike Lune Riboni, “Sans les images ?”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 28:En 1991, Rodney King, un Afro-Américain de 25 ans, est passé à tabac par quatre policiers à Los Angeles.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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