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fly-posting

noun [U]
 
/ˈflaɪˌpəʊ.stɪŋ/ US  /-ˌpoʊ-/ UK

Definition

illegally sticking a political or other poster (= notice) on a public wall, fence, etc.Crimes against property fly-poster
 
 
/ˈflaɪˌpəʊ.stər/ US  /-ˌpoʊ.stɚ/ noun [C]
a person who goes fly-posting or the poster (= notice) they put up: Fly-posters will be prosecuted.Miscellaneous criminals
(Definition of fly-posting noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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