Shimming

Verb

Definitions

1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of shim

2.NounApplying one or more shims to an assembly to adjust the position of one or more of its parts.

"It may take some shimming to get everything perfectly aligned."

3.NounThe act of fraudulently copying a chip from a chip-and-pin card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a shimmer

"They were arrested and charged in connection with multiple shimming incidents."

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