patrol car

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noun

squad car.

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Origin of patrol car

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby patrol car

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

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
The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects|Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

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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