as in pawned
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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Others pawned jewelry to help pay their bills.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026 -
In fact, jewelry remains the most frequently sold and pawned categories, according to a Canaccord survey of several EZCorp and FirstCash locations.—
Itzel Franco,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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About $253 million was deposited into a Goliath account at JPMorgan Chase between January 2023 and June 2025, according to the lawsuit.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Oxygen-trapping nanoscale coating The scientists deposited a zirconium sulfide coating just two nanometers thick onto prefabricated NMC811 cathodes using atomic layer deposition.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Hocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hocked. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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