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noun

an automobile used by police officers, equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters.

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Also called cruise car, patrol car, police car.

Origin of squad car

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

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squab, squabble, squabby, squacco, squad, squad car, squadder, squaddie, squadoosh, squadron, squadron leader

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Of the 4-year-old girl who was placed in the back of a squad car with her mother, girlfriend of Philando Castile, after watching police shoot him dead.
Kyle Rittenhouse’s Future Looks HIdeously Bright|Kali Holloway|November 19, 2021|The Daily Beast
So John Oliver weighed in on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, first cutting to footage of Robert Lamay, a Washington state trooper who decided to film a video of himself in his squad car resigning over the mandate.
John Oliver Exposes the Rogue Cops Protesting Vaccine Mandates|Marlow Stern|October 25, 2021|The Daily Beast
Bates parks his squad car in the middle of the bridge, gets out, and leans against the hood with a shotgun.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
During court proceedings on another matter Monday, Nelson asserted for the first time that fragments of a pill with Floyd’s DNA on it were found in the back of the squad car.
At the heart of Derek Chauvin’s trial is this question: What killed George Floyd?|Lenny Bernstein, Holly Bailey|March 11, 2021|Washington Post

Carey backed into a squad car, drove briefly on the sidewalk and continued toward Constitution Avenue NW.
Miriam Carey was shot at 26 times by law enforcement near the Capitol in 2013. Her sister contrasts her fate to the treatment of the Jan. 6 rioters.|David Montgomery|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

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