Home » Dictionary » e-fencing

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)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

Snaggletooth (episode #1560)

Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...

Sun trees - Baby's Breath (episode #1545)

Baby’s Breath (episode #1545)

Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There’s a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the language of hobbyists and enthusiasts: If you’re a beekeeper, perhaps you call yourself a...