radio car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of radio car
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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“Just wanted the radio car brought around if you were coming because I’m lazy. Lol,” he wrote in a text message cited in the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
Mr. Adams began as a transit police officer, patrolling the subway or in a radio car, later using his associate degree in data processing to work on the department’s computer programs that tracked crime.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2021
“I always park exactly where I parked the radio car that night,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2018
So I ran towards the radio car with water filling my wellington boots.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2014
Sergeant Alvin AronofF and Patrolman Louis Angelos happened to be cruising by in their radio car when they heard shots.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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