as in deposited
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan
he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt
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Recent Examples of pawned
There were 46 items in the safe, some of which Kisakye allegedly pawned and sold to feed a substantial gambling habit.
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Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
Testimony established that Garcia pawned the rings at a Cash America Pawn Shop and received $300.
—Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
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
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents reportedly stole a teenage boy’s phone — and then seemingly pawned it afterwards for cash.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026
Shortly after, the book was pawned to the Cistercian monks of the Sedlec Abbey in Bohemia.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Police later found that Geralds had pawned a gold herringbone necklace that matched one missing from the Pettibone home and had given the pair of sunglasses to a friend.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Investigators found jewelry with traces of Pettibone's blood that Geralds had pawned, records showed.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
Testimony established that Garcia pawned the rings at a Cash America Pawn Shop and received $300.
—Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
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
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents reportedly stole a teenage boy’s phone — and then seemingly pawned it afterwards for cash.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026
Shortly after, the book was pawned to the Cistercian monks of the Sedlec Abbey in Bohemia.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Police later found that Geralds had pawned a gold herringbone necklace that matched one missing from the Pettibone home and had given the pair of sunglasses to a friend.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Investigators found jewelry with traces of Pettibone's blood that Geralds had pawned, records showed.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pawned
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Since glaciers didn’t flow right into Salisbury, the study speculates the stone, thought to have served as an altar, was deposited hundreds of miles east, beneath what is now the North Sea.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
4 June 2026
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Then, Hesham Sallam, my adviser, introduced me to earlier work by paleontologist and geologist Robert Speijer and colleagues who had documented rocks at Qreiya in Egypt that were deposited only about 4 million years after the asteroid impact.—
Sanaa El-Sayed,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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Guerin has already mortgaged a large part of the future in trades for Hughes and David Jiricek and may not want to trade more young roster players (Jesper Wallstedt, Danila Yurov) or prospects (Charlie Stramel, Hunter Haight, Adam Benak).—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Python member Eric Idle approached Harrison and was amazed when the musician not only put up the cash but — together with manager Denis O’Brien — mortgaged his home to form HandMade Films and do so.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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“Pawned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawned. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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