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 n.β€” Β«Police point out that spray paint used in vandalism is usually shoplifted from stores, a practice known as “racking.”Β» β€”β€œSalem eyes spray-paint ban; new law would stop kids from buying cans” by Chris Cassidy Salem News (Beverly, Massachusetts) Apr. 15, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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