Etymology

twoc

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Today it means: The crime of taking a car without the consent of the owner. Full definition →

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twoc · verb1

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

TWOC · noun, adjective2

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'.

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