as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
some lowlife who had been in and out of hock most of his adult life
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as in to pawn
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan
the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts
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Recent Examples of hock
Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
As a buck matures, his hocks appear bigger and blacker.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023
But none of these journalists, educators and media outlets are necessarily hocking drugs online.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Food consumed includes pork hock, chicken feet, pork feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork tongue.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
As a buck matures, his hocks appear bigger and blacker.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Verb
While Fallon appeared to be hocking the brunt of his coffee carnage away from Cher, the Grammy-winner had no qualms about spraying the host directly in the face with a large mouthful of coffee.
—EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023
But none of these journalists, educators and media outlets are necessarily hocking drugs online.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
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Yarrow, who resumed his career after serving three months in jail, was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter in 1981.CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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In addition, some defendants have been held in jail for weeks or months without the ability to speak to their attorney, according to the ACLU of Idaho.Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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The family found the jewelry at a local pawn shop, where an employee of Maple Ridge Memory Care in Essex Junction had pawned it off, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Here, Morgan Murphy simply ignores the talk-show question she’s asked and chooses instead to try to pawn a used desk of hers off on someone in the audience.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Ultimately, Hazzard was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to perform hard labor at a state penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash.Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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The staff at Lee penitentiary is 98% White, according to the bureau, and multiple people said that guards seemed to be especially hostile to Black prisoners — who make up 62% of the prison's population.Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Any residents who’ve missed the Jan. 10 deadline will need to cut up their tree and deposit them in the yard trimmings bin.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
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The bill had been deposited by the owner of a gas station, who’d received it as payment and noted the license plate number of the customer.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, Zeeb was sentenced to four years in prison in one of the country's largest cannabis cases.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The singer ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one-to-three years in prison, but the judge suspended most of it.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Hock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hock. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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