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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or practice of harassing or abusing a new-comer, as a student at college or a sailor at sea, by practical jokes or tricks.

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  • noun US An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

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  • “And so this week, as they do every spring in a process called hazing, state workers and livestock agents used helicopters, horses and trucks to chase back the wild bison that had wandered out of Yellowstone to give birth or find fresh grass.”

    The New York Times, Disputed Deal Puts Yellowstone Bison on Ted Turner’s Range, by Kirk Johnson, May 21, 2010

    May 22, 2010