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human-flesh searches

human-flesh searches is the plural of human-flesh search.

Meaning of human-flesh search

Noun

human-flesh search (plural human-flesh searches)

  1. Research at an Internet forum where questions may be posed for other people to answer.
    • 3 March 2010, The New York Times, China's Cyberposse
      Mop had a forum called human-flesh search engine, where users could pose questions about entertainment trivia that other users would answer: a type of crowd-sourcing.
  2. Vigilante justice where Internet users collaborate to find people and punish them by public exposure, harassment, or intimidation.
    • 3 March 2010, The New York Times, China's Cyberposse
      Human-flesh search engines — renrou sousuo yinqing — have become a Chinese phenomenon: they are a form of online vigilante justice in which Internet users hunt down and punish people who have attracted their wrath.

Questions about human-flesh searches

What is human-flesh searches the plural of?
Human-flesh searches is the plural of human-flesh search.

Words near human-flesh searches in the dictionary

  1. human zoo
  2. human zoos
  3. human-computer interaction
  4. human-dominated
  5. human-flesh search
  6. human-flesh searches
  7. human-free
  8. human-like
  9. human-made
  10. human-occupied vehicle
  11. human-occupied vehicles

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