hazing
Americannoun
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hazings
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Origin of hazing
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School is back in session, and come spring, rush season will look different: Penn State has put Delta Upsilon on an interim suspension and said it is improving hazing education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Longtime Bush friend Clay Johnson recalls that Bush revealed nascent political skill during fraternity hazing at Yale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The kitchen scenes are a combo platter of boot camp, frat house hazing ritual and kung fu movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I saw it as affectionate hazing and acceptance into the group.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Fort Hare could be a rather elitist place and was not without the hazing common to many institutions of higher learning.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Historic revivals of hunting urge make an interesting recital of religious inquisitions, witch-burnings, college hazings, persecution of suffragettes, of the I.W.W., of the Japanese, or of pacifists.
From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker
The Rival Pitchers A Story of College Baseball A faithful picture of college life of to-day, with its hazings, its grinds, its pretty girls and all.
From Dorothy Dale in the City by Margaret Penrose
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