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drive by shooting

drive by shooting noun: a homicide or assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.

Noun

drive by shooting (plural drive by shootings)

  1. A homicide or assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.
    • In Hillcrest, a restaurant customer was struck by two bullets and paralyzed from the waist down in a drive-by shooting committed by the husband of a waitress.2008, Alan Kaminsky, A complete guide to premises security litigation, page 233

drive by shooting meaning in Indonesian

drive by shooting in Indonesian

assassination
penembakan dari kendaraan

Forms of drive by shooting

pluraldrive by shootings

Questions about drive by shooting

What does drive by shooting mean?
Drive by shooting means a homicide or assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.
What is drive by shooting in Indonesian?
Drive by shooting in Indonesian is penembakan dari kendaraan. See Drive by shooting meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is drive by shooting?
Drive by shooting is a noun.
What is the plural of drive by shooting?
The plural of drive by shooting is drive by shootings.

Words near drive by shooting in the dictionary

  1. drive a wedge
  2. drive at
  3. drive away
  4. drive back
  5. drive by
  6. drive by shooting
  7. drive by shootings
  8. drive bys
  9. drive chain
  10. drive down
  11. drive for show, putt for dough

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