iimbovane
n.— «Virtually everyone…has been able to talk about what is euphemistically called iimbovane [ants]. These are hired guns [who] are in the service of taxi associations for the elimination of rivals.» —“Taxi bosses tackled” by Marianne Merten Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa) Sept. 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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