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Devious lick

Missing soap dispenser at a Texas public school on September 20, 2021, as a result from a "devious lick".

A devious lick[a] (also known as a diabolical lick,[4] dastardly lick, or nefarious lick,[5] amongst other names) was a challenge in which North American middle school and high school students posted videos of themselves stealing, vandalizing, or showing off one or more items they stole in their school, typically from a bathroom (or, in some cases, merely pretending to have done so).[6][7] The trend went viral on TikTok in 2021 and has resulted in the arrests of many students [8][6][9][10] as well as various warnings being issued by police departments. It also allegedly spread to some schools in Latin America, England, Germany, Australia and Latvia.[11][12][13]

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  3. ^ Mooney, Georgia (September 16, 2021). "Wait, what is a devious lick? And why am I seeing it all over my TikTok rn?". The Tab. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Stafford County principal warns of consequences over TikTok 'devious lick' trend". Insidenova.com. September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021. Called 'devious lick' or 'diabolical lick', teenagers are stealing items like soap dispensers, signs, or boxes of disposable masks and bragging about it on social media.
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  6. ^ a b Pelletiere, Nicole (September 17, 2021). "15-year-old student's arrest linked to banned TikTok challenge after police locate video of crime". Fox News. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  7. ^ Marples, Megan (September 18, 2021). "The 'devious licks' TikTok challenge has students stealing toilets and vandalizing washrooms". CNN. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
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  11. ^ Hollingsworth, Paul (September 20, 2021). "Social media challenge brings increase in school vandalism". CTV News. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Students warned of harsh punishments, police action, as schools crack down on TikTok craze". 9News. October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Vorsätzliches Verursachen des Feuers in der EDS Kriminalpolizei ermittelt in alle Richtungen". Taunus-Nachrichten (in German). February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.


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