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Examples of patrol wagon in a Sentence
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At dawn one morning, we were awakened by the screech of a patrol wagon pulling up next to us.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Both officers moved to handcuff the teenager, who tensed his arms and tried to resist the restraints as police moved him in front of a patrol wagon, according to the report.
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Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
Within minutes, dozens of patrons came to watch and demand the release of the people still being kept in the patrol wagon.
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Noelle Zielinski, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2019
Seconds later, Harris re-enters the video, limping while he's led, handcuffed, to a patrol wagon.
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Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2018
Privacy - Terms On the way, an officer using the patrol wagon's video monitoring equipment noticed that the man had stopped moving.
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Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 7 June 2018
Suddenly, the cops took off into Grant Park, clubbing the radicals and dragging them to patrol wagons.
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Patrick J. Buchanan, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
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“Patrol wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol%20wagon. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
patrol wagon
noun
: an enclosed police truck used to carry prisoners
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