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stacking
 n.— «Donesha said one of the teens who was later wounded began flashing gang signs at the other group—a practice known as “stacking.”» —“2 students stabbed, 1 cut in knife fight near middle school” by Mike Glenn Houston Chronicle (Texas) Dec. 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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