joyride
noun
a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
Example Sentences
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"They can be seen driving through the village waving GAA flags in a fashion which could best be described as joyriding while using the siren improperly," the North Antrim MP continued.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
In his opening speech to the General Assembly, a grim Guterres highlighted the gap between the rich and poor with “billionaires joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
Like joyriding into the suborbit while millions face evictions and homelessness amid a pandemic, the premise of the new Hulu drama “Nine Perfect Strangers” is proudly, if not defiantly, out of touch.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2021
David Wiesner is the triply Caldecotted king of this genre: Tuesday, in which a crew of frogs go joyriding on their levitating lily pads, is my particular favorite, and Flotsam is great too.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2019
“That’d be a pretty good trick. I knew uglies who used to go joyriding, but not in Special Circumstances hovercars.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
