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cyclophagy

Osteophagy is when animals consume bones from a carcass to increase the calcium and phosphate in their diets.
Cyclophagy is when people search for bicycles that were locked to a post and stripped for parts.

The emotional response of fear and public disorder that comes from seeing a significant number of locked and stripped bicycles as symbolic of the lack of social controls in that vicinity.

When the landscape of stripped bicycles communicates to the public that social disorder is abundant.

Searching for the common crime of bikeslaughter.

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Cyclophagy is a form of broken window that shapes the public fear.
If Georgia OKeefe lived in Philadelphia right now she would be painting stripped bicycles as an expert in cyclophagy.
cyclophagy by townman.phl May 27, 2017
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David frequently enjoys partaking of a little cacophagy.
cacophagy by WraithX December 5, 2002
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cynophagy 

(noun) The act or practice of eating dog flesh. Generally considered taboo in most western countries, cynophagy is accepted in eastern and south-east Asia.
I went to a Korean place last night, and I ordered something that turned out to be dog. Cynophagy seems OK to me, it tasted great with rice and pepper sauce.
cynophagy by sambarnes February 28, 2008