: the action of hazing
especially
: an initiation process involving harassment
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Then as an act of jealous hazing, Glinda gifts Elphaba the pointed hat and perhaps that is the birth of wickedness.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
The hazing activities are described in the attorney general’s response to a motion filed by College Park fraternities and sororities against university officials who had suspended their recruitment and social activities in light of widespread hazing allegations.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
The hazing activities are described in the attorney general’s response to a motion filed by College Park fraternities and sororities against university officials who had suspended their recruitment and social activities in light of widespread hazing allegations.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Hazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazing. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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