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twocked, a. Brit. slang (orig. Police slang).
Brit. |twɒkt|, U.S. |twɑkt|
Forms: 19– twoced, 19– twocked
[‹ twoc n. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly later twoc v.]
Of a car: stolen, esp. for the purpose of joy-riding. See twoc n.
1993Guardian 20 Aug. ii. 17/2 Chris reckons most joyriders steal cars for fun, not profit, although he recently took a twocked car to a breakers in Manchester which was run by a gang of professional car thieves. 2000A. Calcutt Brit Cult 202/2 The roads circling Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock also became a racetrack for ‘twocked’ Cosworths. One police force even used a Cosworth as bait to catch car thieves, until somebody drove it away so fast that the plods could not keep up. |