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black•bird•ing



Pronunciation: (blak'bûr"ding), [key]
n.
(formerly) the act or practice of kidnapping persons, esp. Kanakas, and selling them abroad as slaves.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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