trunk you

trunk you
 n.— «Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Deborah Espy told me about a pimp enforcement practice called “trunk you.” “They throw the children in the trunk of a car, take them to another city and trade them to another pimp.”» —“A horrible achievement” by John F. Sugg Creative Loafing (Atlanta, Georgia) Apr. 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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