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papering

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verb

  1. To apply paper to.“to paper the hallway walls”
  2. To document; to memorialize.“After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.”
  3. To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.“As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.”
  4. To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

noun

  1. Wallpaper.
  2. A technique of boycotting a judge by the Public Defender's Office by filing a request for a different judge in every case assigned to this judge.

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