ag-gag

adjective

That prevents undercover or unauthorized investigations at agricultural facilities.

Meanings

adjectiveag-gag (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat prevents undercover or unauthorized investigations at agricultural facilities.

    "Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement."

    2015, Gregg Barak, editor, The Routledge International Handbook of the Crimes of the Powerful
nounag-gag (plural ag-gags)

plural ag-gags

  1. A law that prevents undercover or unauthorized investigations at agricultural facilities.

    "However, the proliferation of ag-gag also has other insidious ramifications at the local, national, and global scales."

    2015, H. Louise Davis, Karyn Pilgrim, Madhudaya Sinha, The Ecopolitics of Consumption: The Food Trade
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APA

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MLA

“ag-gag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ag-gag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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