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relokill
 n.— «Eight years ago, it adopted a relocation program. About 230 deer were trapped and removed from the city at a cost of $360 per deer. A study found that roughly 20 percent died from the trauma of being moved. Some residents refer to the effort as the “relokill.”» —“Town and Country takes aim at deer” by Stephen Deere in Town and Country St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) Aug. 26, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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