armoured car

British  

noun

1. military a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance

2. any vehicle strengthened by armoured plate, esp a security van for transporting cash and valuables

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Example Sentences

The mood outside court was tense as police deployed dozens of officers, an armoured car and a bomb disposal van to the area.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Mykhailo drives us to a Ukrainian position – a journey we can only risk after dark, and in an armoured car.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Francis’s whirlwind tour will take him by plane, helicopter and possibly armoured car to four cities, including areas that most foreign dignitaries are unable to reach, let alone in such a short space of time.

From Reuters • Mar. 5, 2021

Mounir Bouchenaki, an Algerian archaeologist, and Mechtild Rössler, head of the Unesco World Heritage Centre, have made separate visits – Rössler in an armoured car, Bouchenaki in a convoy guarded by Russian helicopter gunships.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2016

While we were waiting around trying to make up our minds—if any—I ran into young Strauss, the half-American, who was in the armoured car behind young de Ligne.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh