under hack

English

Prepositional phrase

under hack

  1. (US, Marine Corps, slang) under arrest
    • 1984, The Marine Corps Gazette, page 25:
      If, for example, you pay your mess bills with checks which repeatedly bounce, why shouldn't you get ten days under hack, or a court martial? If you say you have insurance, and then don't, why shouldn't the commanding general recommend you for a general court martial?
    • 1989, Verle E. Ludwig, U.S. Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, page 90:
      Sometimes they got in the way and were "thrown in the brig" by Marines, or "confined to quarters" and "put under hack" by a kind, but firm father.
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