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sic
Etymology: L
thus.

sic
[L.] thus; a parenthetical insertion in text to call attention to something anomalous which exactly reproduces the original.


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Stress positions, subjection to loud music or extreme temperatures, stripping prisoners naked and humiliating them, leashing them like animals, siccing dogs on them--these sadisms were enumerated and discussed at length by cabinet officials, then authorized.
President Fox's star is waning since he is accused of siccing the dogs on Lopez Obrador in an effort to block his candidacy.
Police Chief William Bratton hasn't just paid lip service to the idea of siccing his officers on gang members; he is actually doing it.
 
 
 
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