revinning
n.— «They expect to lay 184 charges against 14 people in Barrie and Angus, Ont., who allegedly stole the vehicle identity numbers (VINs) of foreign vehicles to hide the stolen origins of the cars they sold. That process is called “cloning” or “revinning” and this was the largest revinning ring ever investigated by the provincial auto theft team.» —“Police seize $6 million in luxury cars from alleged interprovincial theft ring” CBC News (Canada) Oct. 25, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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