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cockfighting

American  
[kahk-fahyt-ing] / ˈkɑkˌfaɪt ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the sport of pitting specially bred gamecocks against each other in a fight.


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Then Republican senator John McCain labeled the fights "human cockfighting."

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

A Facebook post by Club Gallistico de Puerto Rico on Dec. 17, 2025, pictures the Ortiz brothers and lists them as participants in a cockfighting event.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Following Reconstruction, Black people staged formal card games and cockfighting events, allowing participants to network while acquiring small but quick bursts of cash as economic opportunity languished.

From Salon Feb. 8, 2026

Traditional cockfighting is still legal in the Philippines.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

For were not the prevailing sins of cockfighting and bull-baiting, and all the other popular brutalities of the period, to be combated in Willenhall as much as in Darlaston or Wednesbury? 

From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood

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