Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bait car

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables: bait -car
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely.

Example Sentences

"2008, "Be careful what you steal," The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma), 7 Feb. (retrieved 29 Feb. 2008), The whole premise behind the police department's "bait car" program is to entice an auto thief to take the rigged automobile and get caught."

Inflected Forms

bait cars (plural)

Questions

What does bait car mean?: A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely.

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