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TWOC en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

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'.

Meanings

1. (UK, not-comparable) Of a car, taken without consent of the owner.

Deriveds

twoccing · twoccer · twoc

TWOC en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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'.

Meanings

1. (UK, countable, uncountable) The crime of taking a car without the consent of the owner.
   • […] the reported victimisation rate for TWOC and attempted TWOC (six out of 28 available vehicles victimised, and […]) 2010, Anthony Bottoms, Julian Roberts, Hearing the Victim: Adversarial Justice, Crime Victims and the State, Routledge, →ISBN, page 121:
   • […] women making arrests for aggravated burglary represent 22 per cent of the total and for aggravated TWOCs, 23 per cent […] 2002, Louise Westmarland, Gender and Policing, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms

Translations (9)

pl kradzież auta (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · sv egenmäktigt förfarande (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · no brukstyveri av motorvogn (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · sv bruksstöld (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · yue 未獲授權而取用運輸工具 /未获授权而取用运输工具 (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · pl kradzież samochodu (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · no bilbrukstyveri (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · sv tillgrepp (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner) · sv tillgrepp av fortskaffningsmedel (the crime of taking without the consent of the owner)

TWOC en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of trans woman of color or trans women of color.
   alt of trans woman of color or trans women of color
   • Her advocacy campaign, “Stop the Unjust Arrests of TWOC (Transgender Women of Color), #FreeEisha,” challenges what to be an inevitability for Black transgender women who dare to defend themselves against gender-based violence 2016, Ellen L. Short, Leo Wilton, Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday Life: New Politics of Race in Groups, Organizations and Social Systems, →ISBN, page 156:
   • There is no scientific or medical research to support "trans panic" theory, and this defence is nothing but a poor justification for committing violence against TWOC. 2015, “Violence Against Queerfolk”, in Raix/zine, volume 1, number 2, page 9:

Forms

TWOC en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of trial without catheter.
   alt of trial without catheter

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