getaway car

Frequency: 6.03.5 per million words

a car used by criminals to leave the scene of a crime

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Examples (10)

  • The robbers sprinted to the getaway car waiting by the curb.
  • Police say the getaway car was stolen earlier that morning.
  • A masked driver idled the getaway car behind the bank.
  • They ditched the getaway car in an alley and escaped on foot.
  • Surveillance cameras caught the getaway car turning onto the highway.
  • By the time officers arrived, the getaway car had vanished into traffic.
  • He confessed that his job was to drive the getaway car.
  • The gang switched plates on the getaway car to avoid detection.
  • After the heist, she calmly walked to the getaway car as if nothing had happened.
  • Investigators later found the burned-out getaway car outside the city.