pawned

Example Sentences

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To raise the funds, police said, some pawned their family assets while others borrowed the money from the employers.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

Migrants pawned their jewelry to pay for passage or brought their treasure to new lands.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

I went in and asked the clerk if anyone had pawned a Tiffany watch and about 200 CDs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

After Haggerty and Crawford found the assembly tedious and confusing, they pawned it off on clubhouse co-manager Joe Van Vleck, who put together the new toy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

He’d say he was going to get her a ring even fancier than the one he pawned.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls