jaywalk
verb (used without object)
to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
had been jaywalking
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past perfect progressiveof jaywalk.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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At least one of the victims, the police said, had been jaywalking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2014
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