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carding

carding

1 5.5
Checking someone's ID to make sure they are old enough to buy things like alcohol or tobacco
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : verificación de edad
  • To buy alcohol, the cashier asked for my ID before carding me.

Examples

  • We went from online carding to real carding.

    Hacker (2016)

  • Search for Latino males under 30 with priors in, I don't know, anything like carding, identity theft, who were in West Texas prison gangs.

    Blackhat (2015)

  • The bouncer politely informed the young patrons that carding was necessary for entry.

  • Before selling cigarettes, the store clerk is required to engage in carding to verify the customer's age.

Synonyms

identity verification
vscarding
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A process of checking documents or fingerprints to confirm someone really is who they say they are

is the specific check of a physical document mainly to confirm age for sales

How Strict

carding
  • US
1 5.5

Surface Forms

carding singular
cardings plural

Morphology

carding = card (transparent) = card + ing

Formed as the gerund/nominalization of the verb 'card' (to check ID); the meaning is directly derived from that verb.

Etymology

Carding comes from asking someone to show a card, a small 'ID' used to prove age or identity. So carding means checking a person's ID before selling things like alcohol or cigarettes.