air supply
n.— «Donors and Government funds were diverted. For example $600,000 from reserve funds is unexplained, 500m/= was either diverted or unaccounted for while 136m/= was fraudulently expended. We also discovered anomalies to do with air supply of solar panels and drugs etc.» —“Uganda Wildlife Authority Wants Edroma Prosecuted” in Kampala, Uganda New Vision Nov. 24, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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