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gray-nomad t1_j1zlyyl wrote

Reply to comment by Azudekai in CCC auctions biometric devices including US military data on eBay by That_Teach_9224

I read it as the CCC bought it at an auction

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Sugar_buddy t1_j1zp134 wrote

I thought it was stating that they sold them on eBay

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PapstJL4U t1_j1zpe4l wrote

I know the CCC bought it of an auction and the Cambridge Dictionary and Webster says:

to auction = sell something at an auction

and they don't mention any other meaning for the verb form.

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gray-nomad t1_j1zq6l7 wrote

I‘m not a native english speaker, so that’s why it looked ok for me. Maybe the author has no dictionary as well..

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PapstJL4U t1_j1zthzh wrote

I was interested as well as my native language has prefixes to for this exact situation.

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