deerjacking

deerjacking
 n.— «Police say Ralph Conklin, 43, was driving on Big Pond Road with McKane and Reilly, hunting deer from his GMC truck. That practice, called deerjacking, is illegal.» —“Cops say man accidentally shot companion in back” by Ashley Kelly Times Herald-Record (Middletown, New York) Dec. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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