getaway car
Heist exit ride
A getaway car is a vehicle used to flee a crime scene, especially after a robbery: The bank robbers piled into the getaway car and sped off.
The term evokes classic heist imagery—an accomplice waiting at the wheel, engine running.
It sometimes appears figuratively for any quick escape: Her friend's car became the getaway car from the boring party.
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- escapeFlight from captivity
- quick escapeHasty departure from danger
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
fugitive · chase · loot · flee · wheelman · screech · runaway · back alley · theft · stolen vehicle · peel · lookout · accomplice · idling · driver's seat · smash-and-grab · robbery · tires
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- chasespursuit, chase, flee, fleeing, escape
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- prison escapesjailbreak, breakout, escapee, tunneling, disguise
- auto crimesauto theft, carjacking, grand theft auto, stolen vehicle, joyriding
- Kidnappingkidnapping, hostage, captive, ransom note, kidnapper
function in crime
getaway carpolice cruiser
Law enforcement patrol vehicle
squad car · pursuit vehicle · patrol car · police car · cop car
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