prowl car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prowl car
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Policing was "relaxed," at best, with two officers sitting in each prowl car and driving aimlessly around the streets.
From Economist • Aug. 30, 2013
Still, it was awfully apt, as two blue-uniformed New York policemen piled out of a prowl car in front of Philanthropist Mary Lasker's Beekman Place town house at 1:05 in the morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boys raced away, the prowl car hurtling after them�around corner after corner, into a one-way street.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mayor Hugh Addonizio crisscrossed the riot area in an unmarked prowl car.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as the prowl car gets here we'll take you right on down to St. Vincent's.
From Out Like a Light by Freas, Kelly
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