"drive by shooting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drive by shootings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drive by shooting (plural drive by shootings)
  1. An assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim. Categories (topical): Violence Related terms: drive-by Translations (assassination): autosta ampuminen (Finnish), ירי ממכונית נוסעת (Hebrew), ירי מרכב חולף (Hebrew), penembakan dari kendaraan [literally] (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-drive_by_shooting-en-noun-RxjSh65~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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