pauper's field

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pauper's field (plural pauper's fields)

  1. A potter's field
    • 2023 October 25, Jon Schuppe, “A mother reported her son missing in March. Police kept the truth from her for months.”, in NBC News[1], archived from the original on 2023-11-01:
      Bettersten Wade’s search for her adult son ended when she discovered that an officer had run him over — and without telling her, authorities buried him in a pauper’s field.