hit-and-run
/ˌhɪtənˈrʌn/ adjectiveDefinition
› A hit-and-run accident is when the driver of a vehicle hits and injures someone, but then drives away without helping.
(Definition of hit-and-run adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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