carding

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of card
2. noun A piece of wool rolled by a carding machine.
3. noun The fraudulent trafficking of credit card details.
4. noun A police practice where an officer stops, questions, and documents information from a person to gather intelligence, when no crime or suspicion of crime has been committed.

Similar words

scorecard batting order identity card visiting card calling card lineup poster placard tease bill

Often followed by

and machine machines wool engine mill engines of the