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[sik] / sɪk /












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They set little traps for Hunham’s arrogance and sic their daddies on the administrators, who then bear down on him.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Also, if you don’t give Alan Ruck a nomination for his bittersweet turn as billionaire bloviator Connor Roy, I’m gonna sic the Conheads on you.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

Why someone doesn’t sic HR on him is beyond me.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

Whatever the substance of his personal feud with Mitchell may be, it comes shortly after his attempt to sic his followers on a journalist after being duped by a fake Twitter account.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2021

She might even be mad enough at that point to sic the cops onto me.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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