sic
/sɪk/
adverb
- Used in writing to indicate that a quoted word or phrase appears exactly as in the original source, even if it contains an error or seems unusual.
- The sign read 'We sell fresh vegtables [sic]' with a misspelling.
- The article quoted the politician saying 'nucular [sic] weapons'.
- He wrote 'I am definately [sic] going' in his email.
verb
- To urge or command (a dog) to attack or pursue someone or something.
- She sicced the guard dog on the suspicious stranger.
- In the movie, the villain sicced his hounds on the hero.
- The farmer sicced his dog on the intruder.
- To set upon or attack (used figuratively, often with 'on').
- The angry customer sicced the manager on the poor cashier.
- The journalist sicced the public on the corrupt official.
- He sicced his lawyers on the company after the accident.