Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of harassing or abusing a new-comer, as a student at college or a sailor at sea, by practical jokes or tricks.
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- noun US An
initiation or behavior that involveshumiliation ,harassment orabuse , particularly in universities and in the military.
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Examples
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"Yes, we do have what you call hazing, we do have what you call pranks, but there's a certain level you have to go to, and a certain level that has to be stopped," Pierce said.
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Technically the same, yes, but by using the word hazing, it sort of lessens the severity of the crime that actually happened
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She moves on to the fourth step, which she calls hazing, another way the lead mare establishes dominance over a horse that's new or out of line.
Chicago Reader 2010
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What Rich is directing is known as a hazing program.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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What follows is the requisite training montage (let’s call it hazing) and the complete inversion of everything McAvoy’s character never stood up for.
You “Wanted” a trashy, violent revenge flick…you got it! » Scene-Stealers 2008
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Most successful black candidates have undergone a "hazing" -- military service, an impoverished upbringing, etc. -- which makes them acceptable to whites.
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Police and university officials are now trying to determine if Zeta Psi members engaged in hazing, which is a misdemeanor in Virginia.
U-Va. fraternity pledge hospitalized after soy-sauce dare 2011
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Police and university officials are now trying to determine if Zeta Psi members engaged in hazing, which is a misdemeanor in Virginia.
U-Va. fraternity pledge hospitalized after soy-sauce dare 2011
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Police and university officials are now trying to determine if Zeta Psi members engaged in hazing, which is a misdemeanor in Virginia.
U-Va. fraternity pledge hospitalized after soy-sauce dare 2011
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Police and university officials are now trying to determine if Zeta Psi members engaged in hazing, which is a misdemeanor in Virginia.
U-Va. fraternity pledge hospitalized after soy-sauce dare 2011
john commented on the word hazing
“And so this week, as they do every spring in a process called hazing, state workers and livestock agents used helicopters, horses and trucks to chase back the wild bison that had wandered out of Yellowstone to give birth or find fresh grass.”
The New York Times, Disputed Deal Puts Yellowstone Bison on Ted Turner’s Range, by Kirk Johnson, May 21, 2010
May 22, 2010