: the action of hazing
especially
: an initiation process involving harassment
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The confirmation came on the heels of rumors of hazing that had previously been unconfirmed by university officials and law enforcement.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
In a statement to NBC New York, Gordy Heminger, president and CEO of Alpha Sigma Phi, said the fraternity has suspended its Rutgers chapter and is investigating whether hazing occurred.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, The Line is all about frat bros, hazing, and the tolls of harassment – not what listeners usually associate with the Grizzly Bear sound.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
In a statement to NBC New York, Gordy Heminger, president and CEO of Alpha Sigma Phi, said the fraternity has suspended its Rutgers chapter and is investigating whether hazing occurred.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, The Line is all about frat bros, hazing, and the tolls of harassment – not what listeners usually associate with the Grizzly Bear sound.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Hazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazing. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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