car clout

noun

The crime of breaking into an automobile.

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Meanings

nouncar clout (plural car clouts)

plural car clouts

  1. UScolloquialThe crime of breaking into an automobile.

    From there they went over the Little River Ranger Station about a mile away to complete a car clout report. The ranger was taking information on the car clout from Pam when I walked into the ranger station.

    2010, Richard E. Brown, Ranger Up!
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    Yesterday's pleasant weather should have brought an increase in certain felonies — purse snatches, street holdups, car clouts, convenience-store stickups, ATM rips. There was no logical reason why crime should be down […]

    2006, Michael A. Graham, The Snow Angel
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APA

car clout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20clout

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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