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tag·ger | \ ˈta-gər 
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\Definition of tagger
: one that tags especially : a person who marks surfaces with graffiti
Examples of tagger in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Even before the death of George Floyd and the wave of nationwide protests that followed, a tagger struck the city's stakepark.
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al, "Black Lives Matter framed for Confederate monument vandalism, Jacksonville police say," 7 June 2020 They’ll be chased by an elite group of ultimate taggers who all specialize in various athletic skills, including parkour, stuntmen/stuntwoman and fitness trainers.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The Watt brothers are returning to your TV -- not on the football field -- but as hosts of a competition game show," 19 May 2020 That’s especially important to remember given that five decades or so after the first taggers raided New York, graffiti — or at minimum, its spirit — is finding its way into museums.
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Jon Caramanica, New York Times, "What José Parlá, JR and Kunle Martins Learned from Graffiti," 8 Mar. 2020 My tagger was a philosopher with a can of turquoisespray paint.
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Karina Bland, azcentral, "Live life, die dead. Was the graffiti on my fence trying to tell me something?," 13 Feb. 2020 This is not the handiwork of world-famous tagger Chaka.
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Longreads, "Kissed a Girl," 7 Nov. 2019 Nearly every wall space is filled and even the graffiti from taggers who snuck into the building before Soho House took over remains on the exposed brick walls.
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Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, "Soho Warehouse Review: First In," 11 Oct. 2019 The trio met in the '90s as rival graffiti taggers, but a shared obsession with drum'n'bass music and the burgeoning democratization of it's production thanks to new computer software saw them shake hands and come together under one roof.
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Kat Bein, Billboard, "Kill The Noise, Mat Zo & More Look Back on Noisia's 20-Year Legacy," 19 Sep. 2019 Her office gave out tough penalties to graffiti taggers, drug dealers and those who weren’t paying child support.
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Josiah Bates, Time, "Criminal Justice Reform Is Proving a Tricky Subject for Many of These 2020 Democrats," 2 July 2019
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The first known use of tagger was in 1648
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