What is Cuckooing?
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(verb) A crime where a drug dealer befriends a weak, old or otherwise vulnerable person, then takes over their home and uses it as a crack house.
"Cuckooing is a new type of crime which involves a drug dealer befriending a vulnerable individual who lives on their own.
Like a cuckoo, the dealer moves in, takes over the property, and turns it into a drugs' den."
(BBC Inside Out, March 23rd 2007)
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