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motorcade

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for motorcade.

Editorial note

Failing CoD for a TRC is like giving a speeding ticket to Obama's motorcade.

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Quick take

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of motorcade gathered in one view.

noun

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

verb

(intransitive) To travel in a motorcade.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for motorcade.

noun

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

verb

(intransitive) To travel in a motorcade.

Example sentences

1

Failing CoD for a TRC is like giving a speeding ticket to Obama's motorcade.

2

You mean how Bloomberg has his SUV motorcade take him to the express subway that is 20 blocks from where he lives.

3

At least in the past, welding manhole covers closed for the presidential motorcade was standard procedure in the US.

4

In India, the only thing that gets any kind of privilege is a politician's motorcade.

5

But who would be the guys who ride in the motorcade to protect a child rapist while he rides to prison?

6

It's a pretty simple matter to modify the software to order the drone to crash into a building, motorcade, or outdoor event.

7

As you can see here, there is a better place to bomb the motorcade.

8

Early Monday morning, a motorcade took Maduro to a helicopter, which flew across New York Harbor before landing at a Manhattan heliport.

9

Even if you need more security, or a bigger motorcade, or a more expensive plane, you're still on the magnitude of pennies/person/year instead of dollars/person/year.

10

Whenever he visits Chicago, my 45-60 minute commute goes to 2+ hours (escorted motorcade from ORD to downtown with traffic blocked from on-ramps on the Kennedy/I90).

11

Every wood paneled room, dramatic monument, motorcade, marble building, podium, flag and seal are part of the PR show.

12

He died of a wound in the brain caused by a rifle bullet that was fired at him as he was riding through downtown Dallas in a motorcade.

Quote examples

1

Let's say you need a palace, a security detail, a motorcade, and a jet to have all of "the trappings" for the ruling family.

2

Just flagged: "Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills".

3

"They want/intend to be a paramilitary organization therefore calling them wannabe paramilitaries isn't correct." Genuine curiosity, what did the motorcade look like?

4

But since the size of the country is much larger, there's the governors and mayors of large cities which govern about as many people as the head of Uruguay and I'm fairly certain that each of those has a "palace" about as big as the presidential palace in Uruguay, a motorcade, a security detail larger than 2 armed guards and neither of them showed up on a vespa after elected or - for that matter - any time at all.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use motorcade in a sentence?

Failing CoD for a TRC is like giving a speeding ticket to Obama's motorcade.

What does motorcade mean?

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

What part of speech is motorcade?

motorcade is commonly used as noun, verb.