Usually means: Leaving accident scene without stopping.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word hit-and-run:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit-and-run: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit-and-run: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit-and-run: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hit-and-run, hit-and-run: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hit-and-run: Vocabulary.com
  6. hit-and-run: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hit-and-run: Wiktionary
  8. hit-and-run: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hit-and-run: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hit-and-run: Dictionary.com
  11. hit-and-run: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Hit-and-run: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. hit-and-run: Rhymezone
  14. hit-and-run: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hit-and-run: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hit-and-run: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit-and-run: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. hit-and-run: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit-and-run: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.
noun:  Alternative spelling of hit and run [(law) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.]

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