drugging

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Verb

drugging

  1. present participle and gerund of drug

Noun

drugging (countable and uncountable, plural druggings)

  1. The act of giving a dose of drugs (to a person or animal), especially illicitly and improperly.
    alleged druggings of horses
    • 1998, American Law Reports: Annotations and cases, volume 59, page 253:
      In a small handful of cases, courts have held that state horseracing authorities failed to establish that trainers were responsible for alleged druggings of horses while under their care []
  2. (informal) The habit of using drugs; drug use.
    Coordinate terms: drinking, smoking
    She finally quit all that drinking and drugging that was ruining her life.

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