smog
v.— «When the car was smogged (in California), it showed no carbon monoxide and 65 parts per million in raw gas.» —“Noisy Honda has him puzzled” by Bob Hagin San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Aug. 14, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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