1 definition by bback
An obvious but false lead. White vans are usually associated with deviate activity so it is easy to point to a white van when something happens. For example, during the Washington DC sniper shootings, authorities were looking for a (DUH) white van when the culprits were in a Maroon Chevy Caprice
The white van they pulled over at midnight turned out to be a plumber on an emergency call. The real perps got away in their purple Scion.
I traced the person you told me stole my books but your lead was a ginormous white van.
I traced the person you told me stole my books but your lead was a ginormous white van.
by bback November 8, 2007