Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of stowing the bunkers with coal; the operation of filling the coal-bunkers.

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  • verb Present participle of bunker.
  • noun nautical The taking onboard of bunker fuel
  • noun The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system

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  • to steal crude oil, according to the BBC on PM this evening (08/01/2009)

    January 9, 2009

  • This word has a special use in Nigeria and for the oil companies who operate there. Quote from:

    http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/particles/political_economy_of_illegal_bun.htm

    "While in the Nigerian worldview, 'bunkering', (whether legal or illegal), is synonymous with stealing petroleum (or/and its derivatives),"

    July 15, 2009