getaway car

noun

: a car used by criminals to leave the scene of a crime
He drove the getaway car

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Grapevine Police are also looking into the hit-and-run involving Gonzalez’s getaway car. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025 The detectives said cellphone records showed Clark and Kelly’s devices traveling after the homicide to Palmdale, where the getaway car was set on fire and abandoned. Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025 The news agency added that other activists were waiting in a getaway car outside the museum and that the group plans to return the statue at an unknown date. Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025 Thieves sought to steal four prints, but those of the two queens did reportedly did not fit in the getaway car and were abandoned. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for getaway car

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“Getaway car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/getaway%20car. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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