"getaway car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: getaway cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} getaway car (plural getaway cars)
  1. A car (motor vehicle) that is left with the motor running and a driver in position while a crime is being committed so that the perpetrators may flee the scene quickly. Categories (topical): Automotive, Criminology Related terms: getaway driver, getaway man Translations (car in which the perpetrators flee): Fluchtauto [neuter] (German), Fluchtwagen [masculine] (German)

Inflected forms

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