getaway car

noun

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

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Then a North Andover police officer working a detail noticed a vehicle that fit the description of the getaway car, and alerted another officer to check that vehicle. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025 In the second photo, the couple smile in their wedding attire while sitting in the back of a white getaway car. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 30 June 2025 Detectives arrested Kelly the same day at his Palmdale home, about 10 miles from where the getaway car was torched, Det. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025 Grapevine Police are also looking into the hit-and-run involving Gonzalez’s getaway car. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 May 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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