patrol wagon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When the patrol wagon arrived at Central Booking, officers found Ott sleeping and had difficulty waking him, police said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2018
He was handcuffed in the patrol wagon to a lesbian and he got her a lawyer – he wouldn’t let her pay for the lawyer.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015
Police moved in, placed them under arrest, led them politely to a waiting patrol wagon.
From Time Magazine Archive
After looking them over, police refused to let them enter their shining patrol wagon, carried them to jail in a garbage truck.
From Time Magazine Archive
That was the point where the police patrol wagon came into our lives.
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret
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