papering

/P EY1 P ER0 IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To apply paper to.

    โ€œto paper the hallway wallsโ€

  2. 2

    To document; to memorialize.

    โ€œAfter they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.โ€

  3. 3

    To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.

    โ€œAs the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.โ€

  4. 4

    To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

  5. 5

    To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

  6. 6

    To sandpaper.

  7. 7

    To enfold in paper.

  8. 8

    To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.

noun
  1. 1

    Wallpaper.

  2. 2

    A technique of boycotting a judge by the Public Defender's Office by filing a request for a different judge in every case assigned to this judge.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paper, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/papering