sic sth on sb
— phrasal verb with sic uk/sɪk/us/sɪk/verb [ T ] present participle siccing or or sicking, past tense and past participle sicced or or sicked
to order an animal, especially a dog, to attack someone:
The police will sic their dogs on you if they have to.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Physical & sexual assault & abduction
- abduct
- abduction
- aggravated assault
- assault
- beating
- go at sb
- go for sb
- grievous bodily harm
- grooming
- happy slapping
- indecent assault
- lay
- mug
- rape
- round on sb/sth
- set about sb
- set on/upon sb
- set sb/sth on sb
- sexual abuse
- violate
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