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 n.— «Several employees of the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill are among suspects accused of participating in a multi-million dollar drug ring smashed by “Operation Broken Toy.”…Corbett said the investigation began in May 2006 and explained that the “toy” in its name is the street term for scales used to measure cocaine.» —“Cocaine ring busted” by Heather Stauffer The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) Mar. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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