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TWOC

/twɒk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Of a car, taken without consent of the owner.
  2. Abbreviation of trial without catheter.
  3. The crime of taking a car without the consent of the owner.
  4. Initialism of trans woman of color or trans women of color.
  5. To steal (especially a car).

Etymology / origin

Initialism of "taken (or taking) without owner's consent". From section 12 of the United Kingdom's Theft Act 1968, which states 'a person shall be guilty of an offence if, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or, knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it'.

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