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
Wuornos pawned Carskaddon's gun, per court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The two were involved for several months, but after Aileen pawned a belonging from one of her victims, police began to investigate both Wuornos and Moore in the murders.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Manchester did steal a significant amount of video games from the store, and pawned them.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The two were involved for several months, but after Aileen pawned a belonging from one of her victims, police began to investigate both Wuornos and Moore in the murders.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Manchester did steal a significant amount of video games from the store, and pawned them.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pawned
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The waste generated by the 3D printed builds is deposited into casts resembling large Leggo bricks.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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In order to secure the loan, Chapman mortgaged the property with her brother Edward Chapman, who is also CEO of Marchesa.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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All of those general managers, at one point or another, mortgaged the future for the present.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Pawned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawned. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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