van-dragging

noun — 2 senses

van-dragging

noun
1

Obsolete A form of theft in which one person would leap onto the back of a horse-drawn vehicle laden with goods and throw them down to an accomplice.

2

Broadly Theft by stealing one vehicle and transferring the goods to another.

Related terms
van-dragger, jumpup

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