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car clout

car clout noun: the crime of breaking into an automobile.

Noun

car clout (plural car clouts)

  1. (US, colloquial) The crime of breaking into an automobile.
    • Yesterday's pleasant weather should have brought an increase in certain felonies — purse snatches, street holdups, car clouts, convenience-store stickups, ATM rips. There was no logical reason why crime should be down […]2006, Michael A. Graham, The Snow Angel
    • From there they went over the Little River Ranger Station about a mile away to complete a car clout report. The ranger was taking information on the car clout from Pam when I walked into the ranger station.2010, Richard E. Brown, Ranger Up!

Forms of car clout

pluralcar clouts

Questions about car clout

What does car clout mean?
Car clout means the crime of breaking into an automobile.
What part of speech is car clout?
Car clout is a noun.
What is the plural of car clout?
The plural of car clout is car clouts.

Words near car clout in the dictionary

  1. car carriers
  2. car cemeteries
  3. car cemetery
  4. car chase
  5. car chases
  6. car clout
  7. car clouting
  8. car clouts
  9. car coat
  10. car coats
  11. Car Colston

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