car clout

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car clout

noun car clouts

US, colloquial The crime of breaking into an automobile. Yesterday's pleasant weather should have brought an increase in certain felonies — purse snatches, street holdups, car clouts, convenience-store stickups, ATM rips. There was no logical reason why crime should be down […]

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@misc{car_clout_2026,
  title = {car clout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/car%20clout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}