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
Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Black hocks from a buck that has rutted for weeks reek the best.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
Services like Kuaishou and Douyin—ByteDance’s version of TikTok for the Chinese market—have become new shopping hubs as streamers hock new products to their audience.
—Bylionel Lim, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
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Noun
As a buck matures, his hocks appear bigger and blacker.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Black hocks from a buck that has rutted for weeks reek the best.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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But none of these journalists, educators and media outlets are necessarily hocking drugs online.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
Services like Kuaishou and Douyin—ByteDance’s version of TikTok for the Chinese market—have become new shopping hubs as streamers hock new products to their audience.
—Bylionel Lim, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
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Police departments in those jurisdictions generally do not help ICE carry out street-level arrests, and jails will not hold immigration violators charged with traffic offenses, or in some cases violent felonies.Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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But Penny may never even spend a minute in jail for taking another man’s life.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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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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To the show’s not-really-defense, it’s never taken a strong stance on Jimmy’s new approach, which followed a year of catatonia, debauchery and pawning his teenage daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell) off on their neighbor Liz (Christa Miller) to surrogate parent.Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Hollinger’s affairs proved to be a total mess: Black was later convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice and spent more than three years in a federal penitentiary.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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Businesses can deposit cash into secure, networked drop points near their stores.Joe Arrage, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ideally, the institution has all the facts before depositing the check.Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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Two others involved in the scheme, one living in Nebraska, and the other in California, were sentenced to roughly two years in prison for their roles.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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In 1956, Reich was charged with contempt for violating the injunction and sentenced to two years in prison.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Hock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hock. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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