slamming

slamming. The practice by which a long-distance telephone company wrongfully appropriates a customer’s service from another company, usu. through an unauthorized transfer or by way of a transfer authorization that is disguised as something else, such as a form to sign up for a free vacation. [Cases: Telecommunications 323.]

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译员张宏，知名法学院法律翻译专业，专注翻译各种与调查与白领犯罪辩护有关的法律文件。