armored car
Definition
- Noun:
- A military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun).
- An armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or other valuable items securely.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The convoy was protected by several armored cars equipped with mounted guns.
- The bank uses an armored car to move cash between its branches and the central vault.
- Security was tight as the armored car arrived at the auction house to collect the jewels.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metonymically to refer to the security service or company operating such vehicles.
- He works for an armored car company.
- In historical contexts, it can refer to early 20th-century military vehicles that were essentially cars with added armor and weapons.
Variants and Related Words
- Armoured car: The British English spelling variant.
- Cash-in-transit vehicle: A more formal or descriptive term for the secure transport truck.
- Security van: A common synonym, especially in British English.
- Personnel carrier: A related military vehicle designed to transport troops, which may also be armored.
Synonyms
- For the military vehicle: Scout car, light armored vehicle.
- For the secure transport vehicle: Security truck, bullion van, cash truck.
Related Phrases
- Armored car service: The business of securely transporting valuables.
- Armored car robbery: A specific type of crime targeting these vehicles.
Noun
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a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun)
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an armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuables
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the paintings were delivered to the museum in an air-conditioned armored car
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