as in pawning
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 hocking
Shein is far from the first online retailer to run into trouble with third-party vendors hocking controversial wares or flouting policy standards.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hocking
depositing
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Pederson had been withdrawing money from the Ronald McDonald House checking account and depositing it into her personal PayPal account, according to the criminal complaint.—
Karen Madden,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The scheme involved stealing mail, altering checks, and depositing them into various bank accounts.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Hocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hocking. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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