"car clout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: car clouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} car clout (plural car clouts)
  1. (US, colloquial) The crime of breaking into an automobile. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: car clouting
    Sense id: en-car_clout-en-noun-bSz1ouRG Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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