If you trespass on his property, he'll sic his dogs on you.
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Sic
//sɪk//
Synonyms for "sic" (35 found)
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Related words (17)
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10 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كَذَا adv (thus, thus written)
Belarusian
1 entries- так adv (thus, thus written)
Catalan
4 entries- abordar verb (incite an attack by)
- abornar verb (incite an attack by)
- abuixar verb (incite an attack by)
- acanissar verb (incite an attack by)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 原文如此 adv (thus, thus written)
Dutch
4 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- aanzetten verb (incite an attack by)
- opjutten verb (incite an attack by)
- pakken verb (to chase; to attack; to set upon)
Finnish
4 entries- juuri näin adv (thus, thus written)
- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- siten adv (thus, thus written)
- usuttaa verb (incite an attack by)
French
1 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
German
4 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- so adv (thus, thus written)
- fassen verb (to chase; to attack; to set upon)
- hetzen verb (incite an attack by)
Greek
1 entries- αυτολεξεί adv (thus, thus written)
Icelandic
2 entries- etja verb (incite an attack by)
- siga verb (incite an attack by)
Italian
2 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- sguinzagliare verb (to chase; to attack; to set upon)
Japanese
1 entries- ママ adv (thus, thus written)
Korean
1 entries- 원문대로 adv (thus, thus written)
Navajo
2 entries- bichʼįʼ dah diilyeed verb (to chase; to attack; to set upon)
- bichʼįʼ yishʼá verb (incite an attack by)
Persian
1 entries- کذا adv (thus, thus written)
Polish
4 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- napadać verb (to chase; to attack; to set upon)
- napaść verb (to chase; to attack; to set upon)
- napuszczać verb (incite an attack by)
Portuguese
1 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
Russian
4 entries- так adv (thus, thus written)
- натра́вливать verb (incite an attack by)
- натрави́ть verb (incite an attack by)
- нау́ськивать verb (incite an attack by)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- tako adv (thus, thus written)
- тако adv (thus, thus written)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- ھِشکەدان verb (incite an attack by)
Spanish
4 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- achuchar verb (incite an attack by)
- ahotar (disused) verb (incite an attack by)
- ajotar verb (incite an attack by)
Swedish
2 entries- sic adv (thus, thus written)
- så adv (thus, thus written)
Turkish
2 entries- (üzerine) salmak verb (incite an attack by)
- saldırtmak verb (incite an attack by)
Ukrainian
1 entries- так adv (thus, thus written)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Don't sic a dog on others or he might bite you.
Source: tatoeba (4580222)
Don't sic a dog. He might bite you.
Source: tatoeba (4580223)
Tom threatened to sic his dog on me.
Source: tatoeba (8456128)
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