Standard Lemma guide

TWOC

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /twɒk/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a car, taken without consent of the owner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The crime of taking a car without the consent of the owner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: government, law-enforcement

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of trans woman of color or trans women of color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of trial without catheter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: medicine, sciences

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To steal (especially a car).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, regional, slang

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History

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'.

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

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 未獲授權而取用運輸工具 /未获授权而取用运输工具 (mei6 wok6 sau6 kyun4 ji4 ceoi2 jung6 wan6 syu1 gung1 geoi6) — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Norwegian: bilbrukstyveri — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Norwegian: brukstyveri av motorvogn — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Polish: kradzież samochodu — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Polish: kradzież auta — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Swedish: egenmäktigt förfarande — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Swedish: tillgrepp — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Swedish: bruksstöld — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner
  • Swedish: tillgrepp av fortskaffningsmedel — the crime of taking without the consent of the owner