tagger
Americannoun
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a person or device that labels something.
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a computer program that labels data.
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a graffiti artist, particularly one who writes their signature on a wall or other surface.
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the person who chases and tags others, in a game of tag.
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A young tagger who went by “Clown,” he too wound up part of the crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Banksy does not, whether because of his beginnings as a graffiti tagger or because he still engages in stunts of dubious legality.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2022
Donnelly and Companion hadn’t changed much since their tagger days, but the world around them did.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
Unbeknownst to Kyle, the sheriff had been keeping tabs on him and every other tagger in the city.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2019
“We’ve been calling him for a while, hoping that he would follow through and be our tagger, our captain. But it’s okay. We have a couple of other leads.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Even minor crime, he showed, had no place in Mr. Giuliani’s New York—a lesson he amplified by arresting graffiti taggers and public urinators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But it also attracted scores of photographers, visual artists, taggers and scene kids who documented the unruly energy brimming over these grim industrial landscapes, lighted up with flames and police chopper spotlights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Less than a day after city workers painted the 2nd Street Tunnel, long an L.A. graffiti haven, taggers covered the walls of the iconic tunnel again, according to an Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Even as the skyline expanded, Angelenos’ attention fell on two skyscrapers that taggers had almost entirely covered in graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
"It's those perfectly old taggers," exploded the flapper, suddenly recovering her true form, "just furiously tagging."
From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon
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