carding
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[edit]Verb
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Women_and_girls_carding_wool%2C_Gotland%2C_Sweden._1900s._%2849631894762%29.jpg/220px-Women_and_girls_carding_wool%2C_Gotland%2C_Sweden._1900s._%2849631894762%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Carder_doffer.jpg/220px-Carder_doffer.jpg)
carding
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Carding_Machine_from_Hillesv%C3%A5g_Ullvarefabrikk.jpg/220px-Carding_Machine_from_Hillesv%C3%A5g_Ullvarefabrikk.jpg)
- present participle and gerund of card
Noun
[edit]carding (countable and uncountable, plural cardings)
- (countable) A piece of wool rolled by a carding machine.
- (uncountable) The fraudulent trafficking of credit card details.
- (Canada, law enforcement) A police practice where an officer stops, questions, and documents information from a person to gather intelligence, when no crime or suspicion of crime has been committed.