overcrop

UK: /ˌəʊvəˈkrɒp/ US: (v. ō′vər krop′; n. ō′vər krop′)

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o•ver•crop  (v. ō′vər krop′;n. ō′vər krop′), v., -cropped, -crop•ping, n. 
v.t. 

1. Agriculture to crop (land) to excess;
   exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.

v.i. 

2. Wine, Agriculture to produce a crop in excess of what is permitted, agreed on, or normally required, esp. in an attempt to gain added profits by circumventing government regulations.

n. 

3. Animal Husbandry a mark of identification on cattle, which is made by cutting a piece from the upper margin of the ear.

• over- + crop 1560–70

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overcrop / ˌəʊvəˈkrɒp/ verb ( -crops, -cropping, -cropped)

1. (transitive) to exhaust (land) by excessive cultivation