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Definition of Joyriding
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyriding
Literary usage of Joyriding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries by Lois Whitman (1992)
"The IRA beat CR for anti-social behavior —joyriding and breaking and entering
... One girl was put out a year ago for joyriding and anti-social behavior. ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"APPLE PROFITS AND LAND VALUES Five years ago the apple industry of the Pacific
Northwest was joyriding in a long, raky touring car on a twisty, ..."
3. Campus Crime and Security at Postsecondary Education Institutionsby Laurie Lewis by Laurie Lewis (1997)
"... theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access
even though the vehicles are later abandoned—including joyriding. ..."
4. National Judicial Reporting Program, 1990 by Patrick L. Langan, Richard Solari (1995)
"Also includes receiving, possessing, stripping, transporting, and reselling stolen
vehicles, and unauthorized use of a vehicle (joyriding). lncludes ..."
5. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"I spent the rest of my isolation joyriding through a time-table. Out of sheer
subserviency a BIble would go with me to a desert island. ..."
6. Youth Violence: Developing Local and State Solutions Hearings Before the edited by Fred Thompson (1998)
"Back then, as the Governor said, we saw children arrested for vagrancy, joyriding,
sniffing glue and truancy. So much for the good old days. ..."
7. Back to the Republic: The Golden Mean: Standard Form of Government by Harry Fuller Atwood (1918)
"... make the social world safe for free love; make music safe for discord; make
justice safe for lawlessness; make automobiling safe for joyriding. ..."
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