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PRONUNCIATION OF TWOC

TWOC  [twɒk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWOC

noun
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Twoc is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TWOC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

TWOC

TWOC is an acronym standing for Taking Without Owner's Consent. Synonyms used by police in the UK include UTMV: Unauthorised Taking of a Motor Vehicle, and TADA or TDA: Taking and Driving Away. TWOC derives from the wording of section 12 of the Theft Act 1968 and it has become the term used by the police in England and Wales to describe any unauthorised use of a car or other conveyance that is not actual theft. TADA or TDA can actually only be committed in Scotland - it is a criminal offence under section 178 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 that applies only to Scotland. Since the taking need not involve an intention to permanently deprive the owner of the car, it is easier to prove than theft. The term came to prominence with a sharp rise in car crime in the early-1990s. In police slang usage, twoc became a verb, with twocking and twockers used respectively to describe car theft and those who perpetrate it: these usages subsequently filtered into general British slang.

Definition of TWOC in the English dictionary

The definition of TWOC in the dictionary is the act of breaking into a motor vehicle and driving it away.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWOC


jabberwock
ˈdʒæbəˌwɒk
KWOC
kwɒk
wok
wɒk

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWOC

AOC
EEOC
EOC
GOC
IOC
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POC
RAOC
TOC
VOC

Synonyms and antonyms of TWOC in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «TWOC» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWOC

Find out the translation of TWOC to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of TWOC from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «TWOC» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

TWOC
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

TWOC
570 millions of speakers

English

TWOC
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

TWOC
380 millions of speakers
ar

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TWOC
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

TWOC
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

TWOC
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

TWOC
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

TWOC
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

TWOC
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

TWOC
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

TWOC
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

TWOC
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

TWOC
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

TWOC
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

TWOC
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

TWOC
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

TWOC
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

TWOC
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

TWOC
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

TWOC
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

TWOC
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

TWOC
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

TWOC
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

TWOC
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

TWOC
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of TWOC

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWOC»

The term «TWOC» is regularly used and occupies the 103.707 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWOC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about TWOC

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWOC»

Discover the use of TWOC in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to TWOC and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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TWOC: Taken Without Owner's Consent
Sickened by the death of his brother and the permanent scarring of his brother's girlfriend, fellow car-thief and joyrider Matt finds it difficult to come to terms with the reality of what has happened and knows he cannot move on until he ...
Graham Joyce, 2007
2
Twoc
High Impact offers high-interest books for the full secondary age range to motivate reluctant readers.
Mark Morris, 2003
3
Driving Offences: Law, Policy and Practice
Cases involving TWOC There were seven cases in the sample in which the car D was driving had been taken without the owner's consent. In such cases the prosecution's choice as to charge depends not only on D's standard of driving, since ...
Sally Cunningham, 2008
4
Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile ...
been in place before the TWOC appeared on the textile scene. Approximately 200,000 workers had been brought under contract by the TWOC over the preceding six months, but more than 50,000 actually owed their new bargaining rights to ...
Cletus E. Daniel, 2001
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Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in ...
The Texas Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) emerged from this conference, and it would spearhead the strike actions in the lower Rıo Grande Valley of Texas. The delegates passed resolutions for a minimum wage for farm ...
Zaragosa Vargas, 2013
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The CIO Challenge to the AFL: A History of the American ...
We felt that it was dead and buried, but no sooner had we stepped into the field than they came with the Night Shirts and the fiery crosses.48 The TWOC also charged that American Federation of Labor organizers were approaching southern ...
Walter Galenson, 1960
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Prostatic Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2012 ...
To identify predictors of successful trial without catheter (TWOC).” “In all, 6074 men catheterized for painful AUR were enrolled in a prospective, cross-sectional survey conducted in public and private urology practices in France, Asia, Latin ...
‎2012
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Southern Workers and the Search for Community: Spartanburg ...
16 With pressure mounting, TWOC called a protest strike on 29 September 1938. Only a minority of Beaumont workers responded, but they were enough to keep the plant down for more than a month. Jennings steadfastly refused to make any  ...
George Calvin Waldrep, 2000
9
South Carolina and the New Deal
Organized labor also became more assertive as the AFL-CIO rupture signaled the beginning of a new campaign to unionize Palmetto textile workers.56 The ClO-affiliated Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) opened its drive under ...
J. I. Hayes, 2001
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The Turbulent Years: A History of the American Worker, 1933-1941
He proved an attractive, popular, and effective leader, and his premature death on April 2, 1938, was to be a blow to TWOC. There were also 96 subregional offices, covering Virtually every textile center in the nation. This apparatus was ...
Irving Bernstein, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWOC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term TWOC is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eight injured in horrific two-car crash in Middleton
A second man, 23, has since been arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking (TWOC) and driving with excess alcohol. He has been bailed pending ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
2
The Mary Sue's Favorite Comments of the Week: For She's a Jolly …
“I'm not sure if this is too heavy a topic for TMS,” I wrote in one email, I was talking about the murders of TWoC, it was a topic very much outside what would ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
3
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER全國大會師親子同遊農場趣
車款資訊交流與愛車心得分享是眾多車友共通的話題,而車友們的大會師更被視為年度最期待的活動之一。為滿足眾多車友的期待,三菱「TWOC台灣小歐家族俱樂部」 ... «車訊網, Apr 15»
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Celebrating the Trans 100's Women of Color
With Yemaya's Daughters (2013), she became the first TWOC to publish a work of fiction in D.C. In 2013 (D.C.) and 2015 (NYC) she produced a reading of her ... «Advocate.com, Mar 15»
5
Young trans woman takes her own life
24, “it's hard for Trans women, esp. twoc (trans women of color).” According to the Marin County Sheriff's department, Mariko was witnessed jumping off the ... «Daily Democrat, Mar 15»
6
A State of Emergency: Addressing the Violence Epidemic Faced by …
Six of these homicides were committed against trans women of color (TWOC), shining new light on the epidemic of violence faced by the TWOC community. «PQ Monthly, Mar 15»
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12-year-old girl and teenage boys arrested after stolen car crash in …
A police spokesman said: "Three people were arrested: a 14-year-old boy from Cheltenham was arrested on suspicion of Aggravated TWOC (Taking without ... «Western Daily Press, Mar 15»
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The Media Aren't The Only Ones Failing Transgender Women of Color
When it comes to transgender women of colour (TWoC) the coverage gets worse, it spans all the way from disrespectful at one end to abusive lies at the other ... «The Mary Sue, Feb 15»
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Transgender Day of Remembrance: Critique is Resistance …
For Trans Awareness Week this year, we've asked several of our favorite TWoC writers to come in and share their thoughts and experiences with us. TWoC ... «Autostraddle, Nov 14»
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Trans World Corporation Announces the Acquisition of a Four-Star …
Trans World Corporation (TWOC) acquires Hotel Columbus, a 117-room business hotel located in the suburbs of Seligenstadt, Germany. (Photo: Business Wire) ... «Business Wire, Sep 14»

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