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Origin of patrol car

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby patrol car

patristics, patrix, patrocliny, Patroclus, patrol, patrol car, patrolman, patrologist, patrology, patrol torpedo boat, patrol wagon

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How to use patrol car in a sentence

Cops on four-wheelers speed across a beach, a camera overhead focuses on a passing crowd and police sirens blare as a patrol car races by.
Public Agencies Are Spending More on PR to Boost Their Reputations|Sofía Mejías Pascoe|June 1, 2021|Voice of San Diego
He was put in the back of a patrol car for about 20 minutes while officers with flashlights inspected his car and seized nearly 80 grams of marijuana stored in plastic bags and a Mason jar.
Police told a man a container in his car tested positive for drugs. It was his daughter’s ashes.|Andrea Salcedo|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
The driver then hit three vehicles and a trooper’s patrol car as he was being pursued by law enforcement.
Driver hits multiple vehicles, leads police on chase in Virginia and Maryland before crashing along Beltway|Dana Hedgpeth|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
So he instituted a rule that officers had to stand outside their patrol cars.
How the Police Bank Millions Through Their Union Contracts|by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press, and Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica|February 8, 2021|ProPublica

Officers handcuffed her and attempted to take her to a hospital in the patrol car.
Rochester Police Suspended After Handcuffing and Pepper Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl|Shani Parrish|February 2, 2021|Essence.com
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the back of their patrol car, with her hands cuffed behind her, she mocks their cowardice.
A Brief History of the Phrase 'F*ck the Police'|Rich Goldstein|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At high noon, a patrol car pulls up and the officer at the wheel tells them to get on the sidewalk.
A Brief History of the Phrase 'F*ck the Police'|Rich Goldstein|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A patrol car took the bleeding Davis to a nearby emergency room.
The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie|Michael Daly|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Four SUVs blocked the entrance to the lot, and a patrol car started diverting traffic.
The Devil’s Drug: The True Story of Meth in New Mexico|Nick Romeo|August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Before Penny could ask another question, a police patrol car screeched to a standstill just outside the restaurant.
Ghost Beyond the Gate|Mildred A. Wirt
He heard a tiny patrol car turn the corner and ducked back into another alley to wait for it to go by.
Police Your Planet|Lester del Rey
A patrol car caught up with him on Grand Central Parkway and forced him off the road.
You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did|David E. Fisher
Then, under the escort of four policemen and the assistant hotel detective, they rode downstairs to the waiting patrol car.
The Mystery of the Secret Band|Edith Lavell
The patrol car slid into the narrower tunnel, glided along for another mile and then turned its bow upwards.
Code Three|Rick Raphael

British Dictionary definitions for patrol car

patrol car

noun

a police car with a radio telephone used for patrolling streets and motorwaysSee also panda car

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