: a car used by criminals to leave the scene of a crime
He drove the getaway car
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The mandatory investigation followed the officers' firing at the getaway car.—Joan Murray, CBS News, 14 May 2026 The city has released unedited footage showing the high-speed, life-or-death negotiation that played out when a robbery suspect sped off with an Antioch officer inside his getaway car, then attempted to negotiate out of trouble until being shot in the leg.—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026 The video concluded with Carpenter and Qualley running over a man in their getaway car.—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Later, a man crossing the street gets hit by the getaway car with the group acknowledging it with a casual shrug, keeping Carpenter's recent tradition of killing off a man in every music video.—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for getaway car