PoliticsAugust 15, 2026
motorcades
MO-ter-kaydz
Definition
A procession of motor vehicles, typically carrying important people such as heads of state or government officials.
Etymology
The word is a 20th-century American coinage formed by combining 'motor' with the suffix '-cade,' which was modeled after the word 'cavalcade'.
In the news
The article notes that Vladimir Putin uses fake motorcades as a security measure to disguise his actual movements and protect himself from drone strikes.
Putin is trying to unite Russians around the idea of war against Ukraine ahead of the elections - ISW
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