Strip-mines

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of strip-mine form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of strip-mine form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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"Disney strip-mines the world's fairy tales for ideas and then sues people for intellectual property infringement."

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