bait car

noun

A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely.

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Meanings

nounbait car (plural bait cars)

plural bait cars

  1. A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely.

    2008, "Be careful what you steal," The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma), 7 Feb. (retrieved 29 Feb. 2008), The whole premise behind the police department's "bait car" program is to entice an auto thief to take the rigged automobile and get caught.

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MLA

“bait car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bait%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bait car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bait%20car.

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