pawned

verb

past tense of pawn
as in deposited
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt

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Recent Examples of pawned At one point, the family pawned the title to their car to help keep his dream alive. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Others pawned jewelry to help pay their bills. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 There were 46 items in the safe, some of which Kisakye allegedly pawned and sold to feed a substantial gambling habit. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026 Shortly after, the book was pawned to the Cistercian monks of the Sedlec Abbey in Bohemia. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 Police later found that Geralds had pawned a gold herringbone necklace that matched one missing from the Pettibone home and had given the pair of sunglasses to a friend. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025 Testimony established that Garcia pawned the rings at a Cash America Pawn Shop and received $300. — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026 Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents reportedly stole a teenage boy’s phone — and then seemingly pawned it afterwards for cash. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026 In fact, jewelry remains the most frequently sold and pawned categories, according to a Canaccord survey of several EZCorp and FirstCash locations. — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pawned
  1. deposited
  2. mortgaged
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  • The first batter Barnes faced, Jonah Heim, deposited a 444-foot home run on the roof of the Dodgers’ clubhouse beyond the center-field fence.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • He’s transported to a realm of Tolkienesque fantasy, deposited somewhere between the Stony Waste and the Frozen Sea.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of deposited
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  • Right now, these properties are not being resold or mortgaged.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Bridges, also brought in before 2024-25, could frustrate Knicks supporters, mostly because team president Leon Rose mortgaged the future on him.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 June 2026
Definition of mortgaged

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“Pawned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawned. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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