trunking
n.— «Michael Vick was downright humane to his dogs compared to how street dogs are treated. There is a type of fight called “trunking,” in which the dogs are tossed in car trunks, ripping into each other while the owners drive around.» —“Pit bulls often wrong dogs with wrong people” by Mike Thomas Orlando Sentinel (Florida) Sept. 2, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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