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found-on en · NOUN

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1. (Ireland, colloquial) A person found by the police consuming alcohol on licensed premises outside opening hours
   • Judge Devins convicted Mr Kilkenny of after-hours trading and imposed a fine of €1,500. She also fined each of the found-ons €85 each. 2003 May 24 "8 hid in toilet during Garda pub search" The Irish Times
   • Some Co Donegal gardaí tarnished after-hours drinking prosecutions against a Raphoe publican by planting a found-on in the pub, the Morris Tribunal heard today. 2005 July 27, “Morris: Gardaí 'tarnished pub prosecution by planting witness'”, in Irish Examiner:

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