shotgunning
v.— «U.S. Border Customs and Border Protection in San Diego say drug gangs are increasingly breaking down loads of up to a ton of marijuana into smaller quantities and hurling them at busy border stations, a technique dubbed “shotgunning.”» —“Mexican drug gangs test tighter U.S. border” in Mexicali, Mexico San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Feb. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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