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prizefighting
noun[ U ]
(alsoprize-fighting)uk /ˈpraɪzˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/ us /ˈpraɪzˌfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
fighting as a boxer to win money, especially in the past:
The fight prompted the state of Massachusetts to ban prizefighting.
Prize-fighting remained popular, though technically illegal, until the 1880s.
Prizefighting is a brutally dangerous and potentially fatal game.
I thought when the war was over, he'd go back to prizefighting
The book offers a glimpse into the brutality of bare-knuckle prizefighting.
The two men look like a pair of prize-fighting boxers.
Prizefighting is a punishable crime in many countries.
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