The definition of a Shift Cipher can be expressed as follows: Def. Let x, y, k ∈ Z26 with the encryption operation as ek(x) ≡ x + k mod 26 and the decryption operation as dk(y) ≡ y - k mod 26. Given the provided letter encoding, what would be the encoding of the plaintext word ATTACK after applying a shift cipher with a k=17?

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