getaway car

noun

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

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Luckily, romance novels are just as good as any getaway car. Victoria Lavine, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025 Through surveillance cameras, police were able to identify Gilder's getaway car, which was en route to Texas. USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025 Court records describe how detectives used multiple surveillance cameras and closed-circuit television footage to determine the path the shooter took to get from the shooting site to their getaway car. Maggie Ybarra, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025 Investigators were able to identify Kennedy with information found in the getaway car, including a cellphone, officials said. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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