concealed carry

[ kuhn-seeld-kar-ee ]

/ kənˈsild ˈkær i /

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noun

the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.

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concealed-carry

[ kuhn-seeld-kar-ee ]

/ kənˈsildˈkær i /

verb (used with or without object), con·cealed-car·ried, con·cealed-car·ry·ing.

to carry a concealed gun or other weapon in public.

They fail to acknowledge, he said, the “staggering array” of gun laws enacted in the post-Civil War era, including permitting laws and bans on concealed carry.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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The various members met for the first time when they traveled to Gambia at the beginning of December to carry out their plan.
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In one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them.
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They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.
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It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The occasion should be seized also to increase the balances of depositors who carry unprofitable accounts.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
No doubt these very batteries are now getting back into concealed positions where our ships' guns will not be able to find them.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
They will carry out the dictum of Carlyle that the modern university is a university of books.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn