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1. A shooting performed by a gang-member in a slowly moving motor vehicle that then speeds away from the scene.
2. To 'suss' something out, to complete a recce.
1. "Yo' roll up here MOFO, I gunna do a drive-by on this bitch."
2. "Have you done a drive by of the target?"
by Diego September 11, 2003
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A portmanteau of carpe diem, a Latin phrase that means “Seize the Day!” and DM, which stands for Direct Messages. This word means seizing the day via DMs.
Dude 1: Bro I just got Arnold Schwarzenegger’s number!
Dude 2: Carpe DM, bro, Carpe DM.
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Gangland massacre whereby the assailant(s) will open fire from the window(s) of a slow moving vehicle and speed off once their clips are spent.
There was a drive-by in my hood yesterday
by Gumba Gumba February 21, 2004
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farting while walking by a co-workers workstation
wtf is that smell? that mf'er must have done a drive by, cuz it wasn't me.
by jim December 13, 2003
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A shooting from a moving vehicle that
simplifies get-away. Also "drive-by".
by T.D. January 20, 2003
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driveby is when gangmembers or gangs drive in a car loaded with weapons they then shoot some random person or family
examples of conversations when driveby is used:

-have you heard of the driveby that went down i Detroit
- yea poor people
by lonneboj January 14, 2017
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Farting on someone and walking away.
My dog just did a drive by; he can't handle the stench of his own farts.
by Elizabeth Grey July 08, 2016
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