twoc

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TWOC¹

Where it comes from

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'.

noun TWOCs

  1. UK, countable, uncountable The crime of taking a car without the consent of the owner. […] women making arrests for aggravated burglary represent 22 per cent of the total and for aggravated TWOCs, 23 per cent […]

adjective

  1. UK, not comparable Of a car, taken without consent of the owner.

TWOC²

noun TWOCs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of trans woman of color or trans women of color There is no scientific or medical research to support "trans panic" theory, and this defence is nothing but a poor justification for committing violence against TWOC.

TWOC³

noun TWOCs

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of trial without catheter

twoc⁴

  • /twɒk/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

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

verb twocs · twoccing · twocking · twocced · twocked

  1. UK, regional, slang To steal (especially a car). Most familiarly, juveniles twoc cars. But, I suggest, readers twoc writings.

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@misc{twoc_2026,
  title = {twoc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twoc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}