What it means
To twock a car is to nick it for a spin, not to keep it. It's very British, very youth-crime coded, and tied to the old police term TWOC, short for Taking Without Owner's Consent. You hear it most in northern UK talk, especially where that whole joyride culture was a known local headache.
Usage examples
"Some lads twocked a Vauxhall Corsa off the estate and left it parked in a field with the hazards still on, proper effort that."
"A couple of lads twocked a car off the estate and wrapped it round a lamppost."
"He got done for twocking when he was sixteen and never did it again."
"They'd twocked some knackered Fiesta, ragged it round the estate for twenty minutes, then bailed when it started coughing smoke."
"Don't act hard, mate, you only got lifted for twocking your uncle's motor and dumping it behind the shops."
Where it comes from
It comes from TWOC, the police shorthand for Taking Without Owner's Consent. In Yorkshire and other northern police and court circles, people started saying the letters out loud, then bent it into twock and twocking. From there it escaped the paperwork dungeon and landed in everyday slang for stealing a motor just for the buzz.
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