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verb

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
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
Outside before the event, a festive atmosphere prevailed in the parking lot as vendors hocked Trump gear, bikers rolled through with a big flag bearing Trump's mug shot from one of the four criminal cases against him and country music blared over loudspeakers. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for hock 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hock
Noun
  • Johnson was arrested on July 17 and bonded out of jail five days later, officials with the sheriff’s office said.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Deterring criminal behavior With clear penalties, including fines and jail time, this legislation will serve as a deterrent to anyone contemplating unlawful occupancy of another person’s home.
    Ryan Nawrocki, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In 2015, Ulbricht was handed a life sentence for his involvement in the enterprise and is currently incarcerated at a high-security penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • During a one-year period, the casino deposited $763,196 into its bank accounts, according to an affidavit filed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
    David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Jamel Williams and Levar Baker changed the names of the payees listed on the checks and deposited them at banks located in central Florida between March 2023 and August 2023, according to prosecutors.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His conviction was for a non-violent offense, but he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • He was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and served eight years in prison.
    Colleen Long, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Hock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hock. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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