drive by shooting

English

Noun

drive by shooting (plural drive by shootings)

1. An assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.
   • 2008, Alan Kaminsky, A complete guide to premises security litigation‎^[1], page 233:

     In Hillcrest, a restaurant customer was struck by two bullets and paralyzed from the waist down in a drive-by shooting committed by the husband of a waitress.

Related terms

• drive-by

Translations

assassination

• Finnish: autosta ampuminen
• Hebrew: ירי ממכונית נוסעת, ירי מרכב חולף
• Indonesian: penembakan dari kendaraan (literally)