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booster bag
 n.— «“One thing that I look for when I come out here—people coming in with bags empty bags, almost empty bags, refer to it as a booster bag which is a lining inside the bag but open to guard against the metal detectors,” said Detective “X.”» —“Mall Security Boosted For Holiday Shopping Season” by Jay Warren WCPO-TV (Cincinatti, Ohio) Nov. 30, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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