patrol car
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of patrol car
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The Azusa Police Department has security video of a man getting into a patrol car days before his body was found last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
According to state news agency TASS, the targeted patrol car was heavily damaged but did not catch fire.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
Higgs’s dashcam showed a few drops of rain hitting the windshield of his patrol car about an hour after police arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
After several failed attempts to deflate it, the officers finally managed to squash it into the back of a patrol car.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
He had paid Red Pettus ten dollars and sent him home as soon as the patrol car had pulled within sight of the jail.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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