police car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of police car
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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The Berlin Christmas market we visit is surrounded by a fence with large, concrete blocks placed along it, while a police car patrols one of the entrances.
From BBC
The intersection was full of police cars, armed security personnel and National Guard troops.
From BBC
The court heard the Albanian national then got out of the driver's side, looked at the police car and "began to run away".
From BBC
At MOCA, about 300 Angelenos braved an atmospheric river to sit in the darkened former police car warehouse bathed in red light.
From Los Angeles Times
But as he cautiously got closer to the vehicles to see what was happening, he noticed that the vehicles weren’t police cars with blue lights.
From Salon
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