police car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of police car
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Jessie Whitehead was struck by a marked Warwickshire Police car in Bedworth on 23 January 2019.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022
Police car laptops will display maps showing locations where crime is likely to occur, based on data-crunching algorithms developed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University here.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 28, 2016
Two days later, Mr. Sweat was walking on a rural road just a mile and a half from the Canadian border when a sergeant in a State Police car approached him.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016
Police car chases ending up on some wasteland in front of the O2 Arena are at an end.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Police car doors slammed shut, and the cruisers drove away, their sirens on.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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