Meaning & use
laced
Having a substance, especially alcohol or a drug, secretly mixed into food or drink.
See it in a sentence
Police warned students that a punch bowl at the party had been laced with a sedative.
He didn't realize his coffee was laced with an extra shot of whiskey until he tasted it.
A note on using this word
Laced strongly implies the addition was hidden or unauthorized, differing from 'mixed' or 'spiked' mainly in that emphasis on secrecy.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Fastened or bound together with a lace or laces.
Her tightly laced boots kept her ankles steady on the rocky trail.
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