Definitions

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  • noun A terrorist bomb attack on an airplane.
  • proper noun A town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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Named after the Lockerbie Bombing, a terrorist attack on a plane, which happened above the town of Lockerbie.

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From the Scottish Gaelic Logarbaidh

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Examples

  • In 1992, the firm helped victims on the ground in Lockerbie receive a $26 million settlement from Pan Am. In all of the settlements, judgments and verdicts since 1965, Mr. Speiser's firm collected more than $300 million.

    Stuart M. Speiser, attorney for Ralph Nader in GM lawsuit, dies at 87 T. Rees Shapiro 2010

  • One thing I know after Lockerbie is that they introduced rules that say baggage that's checked in by a passenger can't go if the passenger isn't on the plane.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Jonathan 2008

  • One thing I know after Lockerbie is that they introduced rules that say baggage that's checked in by a passenger can't go if the passenger isn't on the plane.

    To hell via Chicago Jonathan 2008

  • Nor has "old media" been much exercised by it. for instance, the word Lockerbie has not appeared on the New York Times 'editorial or opinion pages since Megrahi was released.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Nor has "old media" been much exercised by it. for instance, the word Lockerbie has not appeared on the New York Times 'editorial or opinion pages since Megrahi was released.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Nor has "old media" been much exercised by it. for instance, the word Lockerbie has not appeared on the New York Times 'editorial or opinion pages since Megrahi was released.

    Special Relationship Fretting: Cui Bono? 2009

  • GADHAFI: And during -- during only his tenure, never mentioned the word Lockerbie -- never referred to it.

    CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2009 2009

  • The scenes of flag-waving Libyans welcoming home Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the man known as the Lockerbie bomber, further discredited Muslims in the minds of many.

    Deception over Lockerbie 2009

  • The relatives of the man known as the Lockerbie bomber are saying he's been taken to the intensive care unit over hospital.

    CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009 2009

  • So, that's what Gadhafi's talking about when, instead of taking, one would think, responsibility for what happened in Lockerbie, which is the question that Fareed Zakaria was asking him, instead, he diverts the conversation, interestingly enough, and starts talking about what happened to him and his daughter in 1986.

    CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2009 2009

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