Can a used iPhone "become iCloud locked"?

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So you have a stolen iPhone and you're trying to figure out how to get around the security?

Was waiting for a comment like this. No lol, I am flipping phones for profit and wanted to avoid buying stolen goods or a phone which had pre-existing iCloud security still set up (so that it could not be wiped without the password and the previous owner could still lock it).