Hock
Hock noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: some lowlife who had been in and out of hock most of his adult life
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Stockade and hock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stockade" instead a noun "Hock".
Stockade
Stockade noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: prisoners of war confined in a stockade
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Nearby Word: stockaded
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Stockade and Hock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hock/stockade
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