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e-fencing

e-fencing
 n.— «Gangs often steal items from several stores, then sell the goods for about 70 percent of the retail value at online auction sites in a practice known as “e-fencing.”» —“Retailers Join Forces To Track Theft Rings” by Ylan Q. Mui Washington Post Apr. 6, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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