Meanings
- USslangMarine Corpsunder arrest
Sometimes they got in the way and were "thrown in the brig" by Marines, or "confined to quarters" and "put under hack" by a kind, but firm father.
1989, Verle E. Ludwig, U.S. Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, page 901 more example
If, for example, you pay your mess bills with checks which repeatedly bounce, why shouldn't you get ten days under hack, or a court martial? If you say you have insurance, and then don't, why shouldn't the commanding general recommend you for a general court martial?
1984, The Marine Corps Gazette, page 25
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