paper town

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Noun

paper town (plural paper towns)

  1. (cartography) A nonexistent town included on a map in order to identify cases of plagiarism by others.
    Synonym: phantom settlement
    Hypernym: copyright trap
  2. (US) Synonym of paper township; a town that exists in name only.
    • 2018, Russell M. Smith, Municipal Incorporation Activity in the United States: Patterns, People and Procedures, Springer, →ISBN, page 31:
      Numerous “paper towns” were created often in an effort to block impending municipal annexation advances by existing municipalities.

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