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kill buyer
 n.— «The issue now is animal activists’ crusade to flush out what is known as “kill buyers” who purchase horses for transport to Texas and then Mexico where slaughter is legal.» —“Horses led to slaughter” by Diana Rossetti CantonRep.com (Canton, Ohio) Feb. 7, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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