twoc

See also: TWOC

English

Alternative forms

• twock

Etymology

From the legal term TWOC (“taken without owner's consent”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /twɒk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb

twoc (third-person singular simple present twocs, present participle twoccing or twocking, simple past and past participle twocced or twocked)

1. (UK regional, slang) To steal (especially a car).
   • 1994 Winter, John Hartley, “Twoccing and joyreading”, in Terence Hawkes, editor, Textual Practice, volume 8, number 3, page 2:

     Most familiarly, juveniles twoc cars. But, I suggest, readers twoc writings.

   • 1998, Hazel Croall, Crime and Society in Britain, Longman, →ISBN, page 220:

     Joyriders are generally introduced to ‘twoccing’ by friends and it is seen as exciting, with many recounting the thrill, excitement and ‘buzz’ involved.

   • 2015 June 22, Sara Nichol, “North Shields window cleaner poured bleach over victim's clothes when he burgled her house”, in Chronicle Live‎^[1]:

     James Harris also left a note saying "North Shields crew, if you don't keep it locked, it will get twocked" on the victim's TV

   • 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 171:

     Security guard or not, Michael had jumped at the chance to steal, or in his parlance ‘twoc’, the bus.

   • 2016 October 18, Ian Hyland, “EastEnders has been a load of rubbish - but Kim's driving test could change that”, in Daily Mirror‎^[2]:

     A frustrated Kim, in a bright yellow waistcoat that looked like someone had made a hi-viz tabard out of Big Bird, twocked Vincent’s car and had a high octane 2mph crash with Dot Branning.

   • 2023 November 28, Gareth Crickmer, “Sunderland man gets banned from drinking alcohol after twocking car, then gets caught out by ankle tag”, in Sunderland Echo‎^[3]:

     [The sentence was imposed in August by Judge Passfield, after he had pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent.]

Derived terms

• twoccer
• twoccing

Related terms

• TWOC (British legal term)

Anagrams

• CWOT