: the action of hazing
especially
: an initiation process involving someone (as a fraternity pledge) who is subjected to unpleasant tricks or forced to do unpleasant or unsafe things
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Safety, wild animal management tips Here are a few things to keep in mind about safety and humane hazing when encountering wildlife, according to experts.
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Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Wendy tells Angel to not take the hazing from the new girls personally, which is rich from the professor who spent her first two or three seasons taking any slight against her character remarkably seriously.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
Left Arrow Right Arrow Nearly a dozen firefighters and paramedics were fired, and four are facing criminal charges, after a 19-year-old rookie Florida firefighter was allegedly whipped and waterboarded in a violent hazing incident.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
The Bee then obtained another video of a hazing incident that occurred a week prior at Monterey Trail High School, also in Elk Grove.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Wendy tells Angel to not take the hazing from the new girls personally, which is rich from the professor who spent her first two or three seasons taking any slight against her character remarkably seriously.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
Left Arrow Right Arrow Nearly a dozen firefighters and paramedics were fired, and four are facing criminal charges, after a 19-year-old rookie Florida firefighter was allegedly whipped and waterboarded in a violent hazing incident.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
The Bee then obtained another video of a hazing incident that occurred a week prior at Monterey Trail High School, also in Elk Grove.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Hazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazing. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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