"drive-off" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drive-offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drive-off (plural drive-offs)
  1. The act of stealing fuel from a self-service filling station by driving off without paying after filling the fuel tank; the act of bilking. Synonyms: drive off Translations (the act of leaving someplace without paying): partir sense pagar (Catalan), irse sin pagar (Spanish), hacer un simpa [colloquial] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-drive-off-en-noun-0SQRHUVS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 38 17 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 39 20 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 38 19 5 Disambiguation of 'the act of leaving someplace without paying': 52 40 4 4
  2. The act of leaving a filling station with the fuel pump hose nozzle still inserted into the fill spout of the fuel tank.
    Sense id: en-drive-off-en-noun-0~LMJCQ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 38 17 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 39 20 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 38 19 5
  3. A contest or comparison of cars or drivers.
    Sense id: en-drive-off-en-noun-O-uRamji Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 38 17 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 39 20 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 38 19 5
  4. A place where one can conveniently pull off the road.
    Sense id: en-drive-off-en-noun-~I3yBaRN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank): fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and dash, gas and go, pump and jump, bilking
Disambiguation of 'leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank': 50 47 2 1

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