Advertisement

Advertisement

drive-by shooting

noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: drive-byan incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Viewed from Orange County, L.A. is the flagship of the fleet of the absurd, the dreamland of pitchmen and grifters, the progenitor of wicked Hollywood glitz and drive-by shootings.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

In March 1998, Eagle was only 17 and using crutches to get around after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Kenya has been left in shock after the killing of a senior lawyer in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in the capital Nairobi.

Read more on BBC

At least four people were killed and 14 others injured in a drive-by shooting outside a Chicago nightclub, police said.

Read more on BBC

The ceasefire that is eventually agreed lasts just a few days, shattered by the killing of two people in a drive-by shooting.

Read more on BBC

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


drive-by downloaddrive home