radio car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of radio car
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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“The overwhelming majority will never see the inside of a jail or a radio car or have anything to do with the criminal justice system, unless they’re victims,” Villanueva said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022
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
The veteran broadcaster co-hosted the Today programme live from a radio car It's five o'clock in the morning and John Humphrys is striding purposefully past Glastonbury's Pyramid stage.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2013
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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