radio car

American  

noun

1. an automobile, especially a police car or taxi, equipped with a two-way radio for communication.

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Etymology

Origin of radio car

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

“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