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police wagon

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noun

  1. another term for patrol wagon

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White said that when she arrived on scene, she saw Gray kneeling in the police wagon and asked him whether there was a problem.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2022

He next sent a photo of himself in a police wagon headed for Abu Dhabi before communications stopped.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

"No sooner had I put my pyjamas on, I was put in the police wagon."

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2019

The other responding officers arrested Mr. Jude, put him in a police wagon and took him to a hospital.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2016

Several black Volkswagens and a police wagon were pulled into the drive.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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