patrol car
noun
: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio or computer : squad car
Placing an unarmed, compliant juvenile in the back of a patrol car transformed an investigatory stop into an arrest, the 9th Circuit held Aug. 24.—
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The driver then drove behind the patrol car, continued doing donuts and then fled the scene.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
Richardson put handcuffs on the 11-year-old and locked him in the back of the patrol car.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
At a press conference on Monday, the agency showed a photo of the patrol car, which was riddled with bullet holes.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
By that time, a patrol car had arrived with two policemen.
—Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
Richardson put handcuffs on the 11-year-old and locked him in the back of the patrol car.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
At a press conference on Monday, the agency showed a photo of the patrol car, which was riddled with bullet holes.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
By that time, a patrol car had arrived with two policemen.
—Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for patrol car
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“Patrol car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol%20car. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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