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under hack

under hack prepositional phrase: under arrest.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (US, slang, Marine Corps) under arrest
    • If, for example, you pay your mess bills with checks which repeatedly bounce, why shouldn't you get ten days under hack, or a court martial? If you say you have insurance, and then don't, why shouldn't the commanding general recommend you for a general court martial?1984, The Marine Corps Gazette, page 25
    • Sometimes they got in the way and were "thrown in the brig" by Marines, or "confined to quarters" and "put under hack" by a kind, but firm father.1989, Verle E. Ludwig, U.S. Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, page 90

Questions about under hack

What does under hack mean?
Under hack means under arrest.
What part of speech is under hack?
Under hack is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under hack in the dictionary

  1. under cover of night
  2. under erasure
  3. under fire
  4. under glass
  5. under ground
  6. under hack
  7. under hatches
  8. under lock and key
  9. under no circumstance
  10. under no circumstances
  11. under oath

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