drive-off
n.— «According to the top administrator of that department, gasoline drive-offs are so great a problem that to include them with larcenies would significantly distort his jurisdiction’s crime rate.» —“Changes Weighed In Data On Crimes” by David Burnham in Washington, D.C. New York Times Nov. 19, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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