car clout
n.— «UC Berkeley police have issued a car clout alert. Car clouters—burglars who rob cars—have been busily at work on campus over the past month, reports campus Police Chief Victoria Harrison. Between Feb. 21 and March 21, police recorded 13 car clouts on university property, most of them in the southern and eastern parts of the campus.» —“Police Blotter” by Richard Brenneman Berkeley Daily Planet (California) Mar. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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