squad car
an automobile used by police officers, equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters.
Origin of squad car
1- Also called cruise car, patrol car, police car.
Words Nearby squad car
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How to use squad car in a sentence
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 BeastSo 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 BeastBates parks his squad car in the middle of the bridge, gets out, and leans against the hood with a shotgun.
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 PostCarey backed into a squad car, drove briefly on the sidewalk and continued toward Constitution Avenue NW.
Murphy was determined to make it back to his squad car and retrieve his shotgun.
15 Rounds and Still Talking: Lt. Brian Murphy’s Story of the Oak Creek Massacre | Simran Jeet Singh | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the initial hit, Murphy ducked behind the squad car to take cover from the additional rounds and to orient himself.
15 Rounds and Still Talking: Lt. Brian Murphy’s Story of the Oak Creek Massacre | Simran Jeet Singh | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was arrested for public intoxication, handcuffed, and officers attempted to place her in the back of a squad car.
In Los Angeles, Questions of Police Brutality Dog LAPD | Christine Pelisek | November 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe two are deeply bonded, both in and out of the squad car.
Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Peña on Their ‘End of Watch’ Bromance | Chris Lee | September 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, when the squad car slowly rolls by, and the cops take a good look at you, you glare at them too.
He came close to having convulsions when a squad car passed on the next street west, its siren wailing.
He spotted the squad car far behind, ducked through a maze of alleys, and lost it for another few precious minutes.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyYou see, by coincidence, a police squad car was coming down the street just at that moment to arrest Mr. Rossi.
Gun for Hire | Dallas McCord ReynoldsHe was telling this to the officer and the officer took him over and put him in a squad car.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAnd whenever you see a squad car parked like that, you think something is wrong.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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