Dependent
Dependent adjective - Extending freely from a support from above.
Hooked on and dependent are semantically related. in addicted to topic. In some cases you can use "Hooked on" instead an adjective "Dependent". informal substitute
Hooked on
Both terms in one sentence
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One of the obstacles to her escape is that the bosses have deliberately gotten her hooked on drugs and supply her themselves to keep her dependent on them.
Source: Drugs Are Bad -
Also Peggy in Morning, Noon & Night, leading to a subversion — she's been keeping Woody hooked on heroin and thus dependent on her.
Source: Creator / Sidney Sheldon -
And just to make sure there's nothing standing between you and the prize, arrange to have the husband murdered behind bars, the baby placed in foster care and get the girl hooked on drugs so she'll always be dependent on you.
Source: Film / Blood and Bone
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