"fall off a truck" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall off a truck.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls off a truck [present, singular, third-person], falling off a truck [participle, present], fell off a truck [past], fallen off a truck [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> off a truck}} fall off a truck (third-person singular simple present falls off a truck, present participle falling off a truck, simple past fell off a truck, past participle fallen off a truck)
  1. (idiomatic, US, euphemistic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally; to have been stolen. Tags: US, euphemistic, idiomatic Synonyms: FOT, fall off the back of a lorry [British], fall off the back of a truck Related terms: fall off the turnip truck Translations (Translations): van de vrachtwagen gevallen (Dutch), tombé du camion (French)
    Sense id: en-fall_off_a_truck-en-verb-bd5YB3ZF Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

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