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carding

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of card

noun cardings

  1. countable A piece of wool rolled by a carding machine.
  2. uncountable The fraudulent trafficking of credit card details.
  3. Canada, countable, uncountable A police practice where an officer stops, questions, and documents information from a person to gather intelligence, when no crime or suspicion of crime has been committed.

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@misc{carding_2026,
  title = {carding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}