To joyride is to drive around in a stolen car, boat, or other vehicle with no particular goal, a ride taken solely for pleasure or excitement. A boat is a Watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water and provide transport over it Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport.

In UK law, joyriding is not considered to be theft, because the intention to "permanently deprive" the owner of the vehicle cannot be proven. In Criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person's Property without that person's freely-given Instead, a separate offence of "taking without consent", usually known by the acronym TWOC, applies to motor vehicles. A TWOC can also be a medical procedure - a trial without Catheter TWOC is an Acronym standing for Taking Without Owner's Consent. Therefore "twoccing" or "twocking" is another term for joyriding.

See also

• Motor vehicle theft
• Ramraiding
• TWOC

Ram-raiding is a variation on Burglary in which a Van, SUV, car or other heavy vehicle is driven through the windows or doors of a closed shop usually A TWOC can also be a medical procedure - a trial without Catheter TWOC is an Acronym standing for Taking Without Owner's Consent.

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