"drive-off" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: drive-off

Filed Under: English, Automobiles & Transportation, Crime & Prisons, Petroleum

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: 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.

Article or Document Title:
“Changes Weighed In Data On Crimes”

Author:
David Burnham

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New York Times

Dateline:
Washington, D.C.

Date of Publication:
Nov. 19, 1984

This cite belongs to a full entry for drive-off.

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