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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
joyriding
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Joyriding is the most common type of crime among boys under 18.
▪ A group of youths went joyriding in stolen cars, causing three accidents before the police caught them.
▪ Anyone found guilty of joyriding can now be sentenced for up to five years in prison.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And, sheer provocation:Does this Benetton poster encourage joyriding?
▪ Burned out ... testament to yet another night of joyriding.
▪ I agree with what was said about joyriding.
▪ It's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding.
▪ Read in studio Police and schools have joined forces in a new campaign against joyriding.
▪ The boy admitted five charges of joyriding and absconding while on bail.
▪ Time allowed 00:20 Read in studio Labour has pledged to cut crime on an estate notorious for joyriding.
Wiktionary
joyriding

n. An instance of somebody taking a joyride. vb. (present participle of joyride English)

Wikipedia
Joyriding (song)

'"Joyriding"' is a song by British musician Frank Iero, former rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the British alternative rock/ pop punk/ emo band My Chemical Romance. It is first Iero's solo single and becoming a electronic rock artist than a alternative rock/ pop punk artist. It was released on 4 September 2014 through Sony and RCA.

Usage examples of "joyriding".

Not the way she looked only a few days ago, fifteen years old, the Saturday morning her friend Kate took her joyriding even though neither of them had a license and Kate spun the car sideways into a tree and a branch came through the open passenger window like the finger of God and poked twenty inches of bark and leaves right through Lizzy's head and Kate sat there completely unharmed except for Lizzy's blood and brains dripping from the leaves onto her shoulder.

They read crime reports, got hipped to some joyriding spooks firing shotguns--lay the onus on them-- they figured the arresting officers would kill them, case closed.

Sammy had never admitted to Clarence that Tony had been joyriding in the getaway car the night before the Brink's robbery and had run through a street littered with glass.

Sammy shivered at the tone, remembering how Tony had gone joyriding in the getaway car.

He hoped they were just joyriding or patrolling, since there was no place for helicopters that big to set down on his ship.