Meanings
noundrive by shooting (plural drive by shootings)
plural drive by shootings
- A homicide or assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.
In Hillcrest, a restaurant customer was struck by two bullets and paralyzed from the waist down in a drive-by shooting committed by the husband of a waitress.
2008, Alan Kaminsky, A complete guide to premises security litigation, page 233
Translations
Finnish autosta ampuminen
- autosta ampuminenassassination
Hebrew ירי ממכונית נוסעת, ירי מרכב חולף
- ירי ממכונית נוסעתassassination
- ירי מרכב חולףassassination
Indonesian penembakan dari kendaraan
- penembakan dari kendaraanassassination
Cite this entry
APA
drive by shooting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20by%20shooting
MLA
“drive by shooting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20by%20shooting. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drive by shooting,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20by%20shooting.
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