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  • noun law enforcement Abbreviation of unknown subject of an investigation.
  • verb Abbreviation of unsubscribe.

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Examples

  • Conference attendees - "But maybe that would be too much when I got home, if so, I could just wholesale unsub from the lot"

    I think Dave Winer is looking for Beeds 2007

  • But maybe that would be too much when I got home, if so, I could just wholesale unsub from the lot.

    Scripting News for 8/15/07 « Scripting News Annex 2007

  • Conference attendees - "But maybe that would be too much when I got home, if so, I could just wholesale unsub from the lot"

    August 2007 2007

  • I went to the one site to unsub from the list and all the buttons are subtitles - I mean, FLUBTITLED - into English from some Asian language.

    Weird Dreams and Strangeness sidewinder 2003

  • They were able to lock in on the call the unsub made to the rectory.

    HEARTBREAKER JULIE GARWOOD 2000

  • They were able to lock in on the call the unsub made to the rectory.

    HEARTBREAKER JULIE GARWOOD 2000

  • I just know that the author will see my "unsub" request and remember it.

    Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 2008

  • Even more significantly, that same FBI document reveals that it was not during the FBI's initial interview with the witness that she identified that fourth "unsub" as Hanjour, as the

    911Blogger.com Joe 2010

  • Even more significantly, that same FBI document reveals that it was not during the FBI's initial interview with the witness that she identified that fourth "unsub" as Hanjour, as the

    911Blogger.com Joe 2010

  • Curry, although a very twisted "unsub" who became "knownsub," was creepy ... but nowhere near the performance as Pennywise.

    The (TV) Show Must Go On... Jackie 2010

  • The Bureau was pursuing what it calls an “unsub”—or “unknown subject”—investigation.

    The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge Condé Nast 2022

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