car-lifting
Indian English slang for stealing a car — basically grand theft auto in casual everyday language.
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Indian English slang for stealing a car — basically grand theft auto in casual everyday language. The term is widely used in Indian news reports, crime dramas, and casual conversation as a shorthand for vehicle theft. 'Lifting' here borrows the general slang sense of stealing (like shoplifting), applied specifically to cars. It's so embedded in Indian English that it shows up in official police records and newspaper headlines without any sense of irony.
The gang had been involved in car-lifting across three districts before they were finally caught.
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(India) grand theft auto; stealing a car.
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