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bunkerer en · NOUN

Etymology

From bunker + -er.

Meanings

1. (Nigeria) An oil thief.
   • Bunkering is comprised of a complex network of engineers, welders, intelligence and armed security operatives, boat and ship captains, pumpers, handlers, and traders. One bunkerer describes the process as “pipeline vandalization to steal refined or crude oil products and transportation of these products in various vessels such as barges and tankers to sell locally and internationally”. 2015, Hannah Appel, Subterranean Estates: Life Worlds of Oil and Gas, page 79:
   • The JTF security report signed by Briagier General Lawrence Ngubare, former commander of the task force further stated that BoyLoaf was bent on becoming an illegal oil bunkerer and is known to have a violent disposition. 2008, Newswatch: Nigeria's Weekly Magazine, page 15:

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