"doughnutting" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "2006, Carl Bro Group Ltd, FareXChange Scoping Study Final Report v1.0, section 8.6.1, Department for Transport, http://naptan.dft.gov.uk/transxchange/farexchange/FareXChange%20Scoping%20Study%20Final%20Report%20v1.0.pdf,\nParticular considerations apply to circumstances such as doughnutting when fare elements do not correspond to controllable elements, so there arises the opportunity for fare evasion."
        },
        {
          "text": "2012, WickedWolfie, reply to South West Trains. Liars? Thieves? Generally unhelpful., MoneySavingExpert Forum, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/57775841/#Comment_57775841,\nThe post before you (rightly) says that overriding season tickets is a regular fare con, as is doughnutting (having tickets for the start and the end of the journey with a gap - often large - in the middle), the latter exposes the limitations of ticket gates....."
        },
        {
          "text": "2014, scottwalds, Re: [Mega Hot tea] Penalty fares on trains, Tony's Non-League Forum, https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=561451#561451,\nThere is a technique known as doughnutting, where you buy a ticket covering your first and last stops, to allow you to pass through the ticket barriers at both ends."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey."
      ],
      "id": "en-doughnutting-en-noun-52RSSLm5",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dumbbelling"
        }
      ],
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        "UK",
        "uncountable"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "doughnutting"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.",
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      "form_of": [
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      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of doughnut"
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  "etymology_text": "From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2006, Carl Bro Group Ltd, FareXChange Scoping Study Final Report v1.0, section 8.6.1, Department for Transport, http://naptan.dft.gov.uk/transxchange/farexchange/FareXChange%20Scoping%20Study%20Final%20Report%20v1.0.pdf,\nParticular considerations apply to circumstances such as doughnutting when fare elements do not correspond to controllable elements, so there arises the opportunity for fare evasion."
        },
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          "text": "2012, WickedWolfie, reply to South West Trains. Liars? Thieves? Generally unhelpful., MoneySavingExpert Forum, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/57775841/#Comment_57775841,\nThe post before you (rightly) says that overriding season tickets is a regular fare con, as is doughnutting (having tickets for the start and the end of the journey with a gap - often large - in the middle), the latter exposes the limitations of ticket gates....."
        },
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          "text": "2014, scottwalds, Re: [Mega Hot tea] Penalty fares on trains, Tony's Non-League Forum, https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=561451#561451,\nThere is a technique known as doughnutting, where you buy a ticket covering your first and last stops, to allow you to pass through the ticket barriers at both ends."
        }
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        "A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey."
      ],
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        "(UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey."
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  "word": "doughnutting"
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  "etymology_text": "From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.",
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        "present participle and gerund of doughnut"
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