armored car

noun

1. an armorplated truck with strong locks and doors, and usually portholes for guards to shoot through, for transporting money and valuables, as to and from banks.
2. a military combat and reconnaissance vehicle with wheels, light armor, and usually machine guns.

Word History and Origins

Origin of armored car¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Projectiles fire out of an armored car and shoot down a Bogotá highway like fireworks, landing among a group of protesters as they run in the opposite direction.

From Time

CEO of armored car company tests his merchandise from the inside.

From The Daily Beast

One armored car heist in 1984 had netted the group $3.6 million.

From The Daily Beast

He planned to use the C4 explosives to make shaped changes with which he could penetrate armored car doors.

From The Daily Beast

One time, when an armored car drove by, Paddy Considine said, “Hey, Martin, are those your Hobbit residuals?”

From The Daily Beast

An armored car was driving over the sidewalk as people were fleeing for their lives.

From The Daily Beast

How the payroll cash was brought from up the line in an armored car to the bank before opening time in the morning.

From Project Gutenberg

To get home is not so easy but I remember armored car provided by intelligent corporation for transport of bankroll, so here I am.

From Project Gutenberg

John was very comfortable now, as he leaned back in the armored car, driven by a young Frenchman.

From Project Gutenberg

Although exceedingly loath to leave the armored car, we had no other course than to obey.

From Project Gutenberg

Occasionally I slipped into an armored car to go off somewhere on a separate mission.

From Project Gutenberg