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card surfing

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noun

  1. slang  a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash

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Other consumers have developed the art of "card surfing" to cash in on the constant battle for market share.

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