armored car

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noun

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.

a military combat and reconnaissance vehicle with wheels, light armor, and usually machine guns.

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Origin of armored car

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby armored car

armor, armorbearer, armor-clad, armored, armored cable, armored car, armored personnel carrier, armored rope, armored scale, armorer, armorial

How to use armored car in a sentence

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.
'There's No Easy Way Out of This.' How Anti-Government Protests in Colombia Escalated into Deadly Clashes with Police|Ciara Nugent|May 7, 2021|Time
CEO of armored car company tests his merchandise from the inside.
Occupied SUV Fired On With AK-47|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One armored car heist in 1984 had netted the group $3.6 million.
The Killer Klansman’s Missing Years as a Federal Informant|Michael Daly|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He planned to use the C4 explosives to make shaped changes with which he could penetrate armored car doors.
Far-Right Texas Terrorist Planned Murder And Robbery Spree in the Name of ‘Liberty’|Caitlin Dickson|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One time, when an armored car drove by, Paddy Considine said, “Hey, Martin, are those your Hobbit residuals?”
My London Getaway With Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Stars of ‘The World’s End’|Marlow Stern|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An armored car was driving over the sidewalk as people were fleeing for their lives.
U.S.-Funded Democracy Crushers?|Tara McKelvey|October 13, 2011|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.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
To get home is not so easy but I remember armored car provided by intelligent corporation for transport of bankroll, so here I am.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
John was very comfortable now, as he leaned back in the armored car, driven by a young Frenchman.
The Hosts of the Air|Joseph A. Altsheler
Although exceedingly loath to leave the armored car, we had no other course than to obey.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
Occasionally I slipped into an armored car to go off somewhere on a separate mission.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt