shotgunning
n.— «Law enforcement sources said the cartels haul drug shipments of several tons to desert staging posts south of the California border, where they are broken down into smaller loads to hurl at busy border posts in a technique known as “shotgunning.”» —“Calif. drug busts soar despite Mexico crackdown” in Tijuana, Mexico AlertNet Aug. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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