police car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of police car
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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After leaving the White House following the first of the two demonstrations, protesters went to the Capitol, where as darkness fell some tried briefly to block the movement of a Capitol Police car.
From Washington Post • May 29, 2020
Police car laptops will display maps showing locations where crime is likely to occur, based on data-crunching algorithms developed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University here.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 28, 2016
Two days later, Mr. Sweat was walking on a rural road just a mile and a half from the Canadian border when a sergeant in a State Police car approached him.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016
An inquest into the deaths of four servicemen in Afghanistan has been told the armoured vehicle they were in rolled into a canal after colliding with an Afghan National Police car.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2015
Police car doors slammed shut, and the cruisers drove away, their sirens on.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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