twoc

See also: TWOC

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (British regional, slang) To steal (especially a car).
   • 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.

Alternative forms

• twock

Related terms

• TWOC (British legal term)
• twoccer
• twoccing

Anagrams

• CWOT