panel beating
n.— «Australian police told the Herald they had been trying to influence local police not to beat suspects, a practice known as “panel beating.”» —“Thin blue line of violence” by Craig Skehan in Papua New Guinea Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Sept. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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