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hook ((1)) [< hook take without permission; steal] 
1 v. See quote.
- 1934 Sometime after Halifax was founded, Bedford Basin was frequently visited by hookers, whose crews came to these shores to "hook" stones for ballast and who were prone to take (or "hook") stones from any beach, regardless of ownership, when they had failed to obtain a return cargo.
2 v. Slang hook a ride, beg a ride; hitch a ride.
- 1958 He left me . . . and I had to hook a ride home.
- 1934 Sometime after Halifax was founded, Bedford Basin was frequently visited by hookers, whose crews came to these shores to "hook" stones for ballast and who were prone to take (or "hook") stones from any beach, regardless of ownership, when they had failed to obtain a return cargo.