starlight tour
n.— «In the case of the men beaten in Stanley Park, police believed they were dealing drugs but couldn’t prove it. Richardson said they took the men on a so-called starlight tour to teach them a lesson the courts wouldn’t.» —“Vancouver police chief defends law that allows starlight tours” by Amy Carmichael in Vancouver, B.C. Canadian Press Jan. 21, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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