papering

Verb

paper (third-person singular simple present papers, present participle papering, simple past and past participle papered)

1. (transitive) To apply paper to.
   • to paper the hallway walls
2. (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
   • After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
3. (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
   • Later, seat-filling or “papering” services cropped up, with organizations like Audience Extras, Play-by-Play,[…]2020 April 1, Kelly Kessler, Broadway in the Box: Television's Lasting Love Affair with the Musical, page 198

   Synonyms:

   paper the house

4. (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
   • As powerhouse lawyers shuttled to Cuba to meet clients and papered the federal courts with habeas corpus petitions, Guantanamo's isolation and lack of publicity, once the military's most powerful psychological weapon, was eliminated.2006, Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006
5. (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
6. (transitive) To sandpaper.

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