pawning

present participle of pawn
as in depositing
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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  • The waterfront would be transformed into a large marina, with piers and floating docks off the shore by the old Flipper Dolphin lagoon theater and wrapping around most of the waterfront, along with racks for storing smaller boats on land and heavy machinery depositing them in the water as needed.
    Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The result has been an onslaught of scams targeting US users, many of whom have been tricked into depositing their funds through fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Shein is far from the first online retailer to run into trouble with third-party vendors hocking controversial wares or flouting policy standards.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Pawning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawning. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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