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  • noun informal The activities of a ghostbuster; exorcism of ghosts.

Etymologies

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ghost +‎ busting

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Examples

  • Given the constitutional protection of anonymous/pseudonymous speech, does congressional involvement in "ghostbusting," or ferreting out ghostwritten articles, raise free speech issues?

    Ghostbusting and the First Amendment Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Given the constitutional protection of anonymous/pseudonymous speech, does congressional involvement in "ghostbusting," or ferreting out ghostwritten articles, raise free speech issues?

    Archive 2009-09-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • As a young doctor, Conan Doyle experimented with telepathy, attended séances and once tagged along on a sort of "ghostbusting" mission.

    Sir Arthur Conundrum Doyle 2007

  • Fancy "ghostbusting" equipment isn't really necessary.

    Who ya gonna call? Angry Professor 2005

  • Faxed questions to Botha and Mazosiwe about how much money the provincial government was still committed to spend, and how much of that it could afford, remained uabout how much the province spent on redundant staff, for which central government forbade budgetary allocation, and how much was being saved in the "ghostbusting" exercise were also not answered.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Another technique Brescia calls "ghostbusting" was implemented to delegate responsibility during the transition period.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Another technique Brescia calls "ghostbusting" was implemented to delegate responsibility during the transition period.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Another technique Brescia calls "ghostbusting" was implemented to delegate responsibility during the transition period.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Another technique Brescia calls "ghostbusting" was implemented to delegate responsibility during the transition period.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Dreyer, overseeing a year-long "ghostbusting" head count of the province's public service, said the Eastern Cape executive council had "approved a moratorium on the staffing of vacancies in December

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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