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 v.— «A witness who cannot be named told the court that Neal told him in 2005 that he had been targeting teenage boys in suburban toilet blocks to “breed” them—a term used to describe intentionally infecting someone with HIV. Neal also allegedly wore a penis piercing to increase the rate of transmission when he had unprotected sex, the court was told.» —“Officials failed to alert police about HIV man” by Julia Medew The Age (Melbourne, Australia) Mar. 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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