noun
- people who steal cars and drive them recklessly for excitement, typically abandoning them afterward
Usage: informal
Examples
- The joyriders crashed the stolen vehicle into a fence.
- Police arrested three joyriders after a high-speed chase.
- The car was found abandoned by joyriders in the parking lot.
- Joyriders often target older vehicles that are easier to steal.
- The neighborhood has been plagued by joyriders stealing cars at night.
- Security cameras caught the joyriders breaking into the vehicle.