squad car
noun
: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio
called also black-and-white, cruiser, prowl car
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Officers, who were by now out of their squad cars with guns draw, ordered everyone out of the Chevy.
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Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
On the park’s northeastern side, there’s always a group of five or six people selling minimum doses of crack to the most desperate addicts, paying scant attention to the squad cars that pass every few minutes.
—Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
The officers then put the boy in the back of their squad car and rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Snelling said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 June 2024
Two officers were hospitalized, squad cars were damaged and one vehicle burned.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
On the park’s northeastern side, there’s always a group of five or six people selling minimum doses of crack to the most desperate addicts, paying scant attention to the squad cars that pass every few minutes.
—Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
The officers then put the boy in the back of their squad car and rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Snelling said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 June 2024
Two officers were hospitalized, squad cars were damaged and one vehicle burned.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Squad car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squad%20car. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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