rape trees

A form of rape tree — A tree or similar structure said to be used by smugglers near the U.S.–Mexico border to exhibit their sexual assaults by hanging victims' undergarments from the branches as trophies.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of rape tree.
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