joyriding
3
5.9
- noun
- /ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪdɪŋ/
:
robo de coches
- You almost got yourself killed with that little joyriding stunt, son.
- joyriding in a car
- stealing cars and joyriding
Examples
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Arrested last June for joyriding.
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Joyriding.
Fiction book (1991) -
No more joyriding in the car to pass the time.
Fiction book (1990) -
And no joyriding.
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Joyriding.
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Since it was my first offense... Well, actually, the first time I ever been caught for anything... ...the judge reduced my crime from grand theft auto... ...to attempted joyriding.
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They cloned themselves; then, when they lost a limb joyriding, they just had another.
Blog text (14) -
I don't want no joyriding, drag racing, lowriding, or taking the chickies to make-out point.
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He was arrested for joyriding after taking his friend's car without permission.
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The teenagers were caught joyriding down the street in a stolen vehicle.
Synonyms
22
6.2
A drive in a car for fun without the owner's permission
How Illegal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Joyriding comes from the simple parts joy ('pleasure') and ride ('a trip'). It began as taking a car just for a fun trip, so today joyriding means stealing a vehicle to drive for fun, usually without planning to keep it.