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drive-by shooting

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noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: drive-by. an 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

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Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson has disputed allegations of misconduct carried in an investigation by golf publication Skratch, with his representatives calling the piece an "anonymously sourced drive-by shooting".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

San José will pay $12 million to a man who was imprisoned for 17 years for a drive-by shooting he did not commit, the largest settlement paid by the city in a police misconduct case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Israeli police mistakenly arrested two Emirati tourists in Tel Aviv last summer while hunting for a criminal who carried out a drive-by shooting.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

The man who was arrested and charged after a drive-by shooting at "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson's Louisiana estate is now suing him and his family members for defamation.

From Fox News ● Apr. 24, 2021

First I landed at The Philadelphia Daily News, in the summer of 2001, where I covered a drive-by shooting and the wedding of the 76ers star Allen Iverson.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2011

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