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patrol wagon

American  

noun

  1. an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.

patrol wagon British  

noun

  1. Also called: paddy wagon.   police wagon.  a police van for transporting prisoners

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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

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

Unable to pay a judgment assessed by a London court, last week, Reception Clerk Barker submitted quietly to arrest for "contempt of court," and was driven in a patrol wagon to Brixton Prison for males.

From Time Magazine Archive

He knows it ain't healthy fer him, 'less he's got a patrol wagon full of cops wid him.

From The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? by Webster, Frank V.

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