K.K.K.

American  

[key-key-key] / ˈkeɪˈkeɪˈkeɪ /

Or KKK

abbreviation

1. Ku Klux Klan.

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KKK British  

abbreviation

1. Ku Klux Klan

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Etymology

Origin of K.K.K.

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

“There was something called slavery, the K.K.K., Jim Crow — that was codified,” Mr. Elder said in an interview.

From New York Times

“The reason that we put that in there was because we thought it was wrong,” said Ty Seidule, a retired brigadier general who serves as vice chair of the commission, referring to the flagging of the K.K.K. plaque in the report.

From New York Times

“I do want to note that plans were already in place at Tate to give ample context to Guston’s early depictions of the K.K.K. and his later hood paintings,” said Mark Godfrey, who was the show’s curator at the Tate Modern in London before he condemned the postponement in an Instagram post, was suspended, and accepted a voluntary buyout.

From New York Times

Several of the books Wallace mentioned, including such adult works as “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, and “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, have disappeared from the library’s collection.

From Washington Post

The books that have been removed from circulation in the Goddard school district also include “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood; “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison; “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky; “Fences,” a play by August Wilson that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1987; and “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.,” a historical look at how the white supremacist group took root in America.

From Washington Times