concealed carry

[ kuhn-seeld-kar-ee ]

/ kənˈsild ˈkær i /

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noun

the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.

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Other definitions for concealed carry (2 of 2)

concealed-carry

[ kuhn-seeld-kar-ee ]

/ kənˈsildˈkær i /

verb (used with or without object), con·cealed-car·ried, con·cealed-car·ry·ing.

to carry a concealed gun or other weapon in public.

How to use concealed carry in a sentence

They fail to acknowledge, he said, the “staggering array” of gun laws enacted in the post-Civil War era, including permitting laws and bans on concealed carry.
In battle at Supreme Court over N.Y. gun law, a surprising split among conservatives|Ann Marimow|October 29, 2021|Washington Post
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The various members met for the first time when they traveled to Gambia at the beginning of December to carry out their plan.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The occasion should be seized also to increase the balances of depositors who carry unprofitable accounts.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
No doubt these very batteries are now getting back into concealed positions where our ships' guns will not be able to find them.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
They will carry out the dictum of Carlyle that the modern university is a university of books.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn