backed

What it means

1. not comparableobsoleteslangPut on one's back; killed; rendered dead.

   He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.

2. in compoundsnot comparableHaving specified type of back.

   sway-backed

   2 more examples

   a high-backed chair

   red-backed shrike

3. in compoundsnot comparableHaving specified type of backing.

   asset-backed securities

   1 more example

   Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.

   2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Batarians Codex entry

In a sentence

He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.