go equipped
go equipped verb: to carry tools, weapons or other articles with the intent of using them to commit a crime.
Verb
go equipped (third-person singular simple present goes equipped, present participle going equipped, simple past went equipped, past participle gone equipped)
- To carry tools, weapons or other articles with the intent of using them to commit a crime.
- Would I go equipped? You can get a stiff sentence for that! I've got a couple of skeleton keys, I don't deny, but I hope we won't need them. There are other ways.1997, Claire Rayner, Fifth Member (George Barnabas; 4)
- They were allegedly carrying cable cutters and a hammer when they were arrested and could face up to 10 years in prison if deemed to have "gone equipped" to commit an offence at the base.2006 June 1, “Base trespass suspects rearrested”, in BBC News
Forms of go equipped
| third-person singular present | goes equipped |
|---|---|
| present participle | going equipped |
| past | went equipped |
| past participle | gone equipped |
Origin of go equipped
From the heading of section 25 of the Theft Act 1968: "Going equipped for stealing, etc."
Questions about go equipped
- What does go equipped mean?
- Go equipped means to carry tools, weapons or other articles with the intent of using them to commit a crime.
- What part of speech is go equipped?
- Go equipped is a verb.
- What is the past tense of go equipped?
- The past tense of go equipped is went equipped.
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