granny hunting
n.— «Federal prosecutors announced charges yesterday against six people accused of defrauding elderly Washington region women of more than $100,000 with a variety of scams that the suspects referred to as “granny hunting.”» —“Crime & Justice” Washington Post June 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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