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The word 'socked' is an acceptable English word, but it is not commonly used. It is usually used informally as a verb or adjective meaning to be hit hard, overwhelmed, or defeated. For example, "The team got socked in their last game, losing by 20 points."
Bank of America had, at the start of the year, only $1.5bn socked away to pay for mortgage settlements.
They believe even more strongly, however, that voters do not like getting socked with rent increases.
The poorest Mexicans have been largely unaffected, since they are concentrated in the south and mainly work in farming, where output has held up.In this section A different kind of recession Resistant to sticks and carrots Socked Messing around with dams Reprints Related items Public-sector finances: The state's takeNov 19th 2009 Business.view: Down MexicoOct 13th 2009Yet all this is cold comfort.
Mr Suharto and his family are said to have socked away a fortune during his 32 years in power, and demands to investigate his assets have been among the loudest complaints against Mr Habibie, Mr Suharto's protégé.A taped telephone conversation between Mr Habibie and Mr Ghalib, which emerged in February, gave the impression that neither took the investigation at all seriously.
Besides, he may be socked for damages if he omits a test that a lawyer subsequently convinces a jury might have been useful.
WHEN the Irish government, reeling from bank failures and a monumental property crash, unveiled an austerity budget in April, it socked individuals with higher taxes.
Their explanation is that the tech bubble overwhelmingly dealt losses to the very rich, while the housing crash socked poorer consumers.
ASSAILED by the right, Barack Obama socked it to the left on September 2nd, by backtracking on a new rule to mitigate air pollution.
In order to stop borrowers from being socked by an accumulation of unpaid interest whenever they fail to pay their bill, there are laws requiring credit-card companies to specify a minimum payment in each statement.
She might understand more had she not socked an American consul in the late 1990s, a typically impulsive action which meant that she couldn't return to the US for several years.
It was like getting socked by an overhand right.
