Definition of meatpacking
: the wholesale meat industry
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Last year, the president commuted the sentence of an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive who had been sentenced to 27 years in prison for money laundering.
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In April, agents made about 100 worker arrests at a meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee, reminiscent of the high-profile shows of force that were common during President George W. Bush's administration.
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In April, agents made about 100 worker arrests at a meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee, another high-profile show of force reminiscent of President George W. Bush's administration.
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In April, agents made about 100 worker arrests at a meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee, another high-profile show of force reminiscent of President George W. Bush's administration.
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The Brazilian Association of Meat Industry Exporters said dozens of meatpacking plants were idling because of the strike, and 1,200 containers carrying beef for export were not being loaded on ships each day.
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Trump was the first Republican to carry Mower County, which includes the meatpacking town, since Richard Nixon beat John F. Kennedy there in 1960.
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Heil’s meatpacking had a shop for its pork products, and Gordon’s florist had flowers for Union Memorial Hospital patients.
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Many of those respondents, primarily Guatemalan immigrants, work at a meatpacking plant, the study said.
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First Known Use of meatpacking
1857
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: the business of killing animals for meat and getting the meat ready to be sold
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