spiking

2 definitions • 4 examples

the act of putting a drug in someone's drink to make them unconscious, extremely tired, or unable to function normally, or an occasion when this is done:

The project is aimed at reducing sexual assault resulting from the spiking of alcoholic drinks.

There have been reports of drink spikings in several ski resorts this winter.

the act of injecting a drug into someone's body (= putting it in using a needle) to make them unconscious, extremely tired, or unable to function normally, or an occasion when this is done:

There was a sudden increase in needle spiking across the UK.

As nightclubs and university campuses reopened after lockdown, cases of alleged spikings surged across the country.