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gang-cutting
 n.— «Prosecutors allege he led a multi-state ring that clipped bundles of coupons at a time from newspaper inserts—a practice known as “gang-cutting”—and sent them to IOS for processing, pretending they’d been redeemed by consumers.» —“The Coupon King” by David Kesmodel Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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