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hazing
(redirected from Hazing ritual)

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haze 1  (hz)
n.
1.
a. Atmospheric moisture, dust, smoke, and vapor that diminishes visibility.
b. A partially opaque covering: Let the polish dry to a haze before buffing it.
2. A vague or confused state of mind.
intr.v. hazed, haz·ing, haz·es
To become misty or hazy; blur.

[Probably back-formation from hazy.]

haze 2  (hz)
tr.v. hazed, haz·ing, haz·es
1. To persecute or harass with meaningless, difficult, or humiliating tasks.
2. To initiate, as into a college fraternity, by exacting humiliating performances from or playing rough practical jokes upon.

[Perhaps from obsolete haze, to frighten, from obsolete French haser, to annoy, from Old French.]

hazer n.
Translations
hazing [ˈheɪzɪŋ] N (US) → novatadas fpl SORORITY/FRATERNITY


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Employees of the Wackenhut subcontractor ArmorGroup are accused of undermining security at the embassy by engaging in a series of hazing rituals and offending local customs.
My memory flashed, and I remembered that it had been 20 years to the day since I had gone to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas to participate in the hazing ritual the Air Force calls "basic training.
John Warner did exactly what he thought was right," said Holton, recalling that as an upperclassman at their alma mater, Washington and Lee University in Lexington, he whacked a freshman Warner with a paddle during a fraternity hazing ritual.
 
 
 
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