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drive by shootings

drive by shootings is the plural of drive by shooting.

Meaning of drive by shooting

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

Questions about drive by shootings

What is drive by shootings the plural of?
Drive by shootings is the plural of drive by shooting.

Words near drive by shootings in the dictionary

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

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