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BUY-AND-BUST OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("buy-and-bust operation" is a kind of...):
undercover operation (an operation involving secret work within a community or institution)