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squad car

American  

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of squad car

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

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As he walked away from the second painting, four squad cars pulled up and arrested him.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he failed to turn on his squad car’s emergency lights and sirens.

From Los Angeles Times

I can get close to it but there is a squad car parked right by it.

From BBC

"I can get close to it but there is a squad car parked right by it."

From BBC

The Sheriff’s Department admitted in a news release that the gun might have actually fallen out of a squad car — thunk — onto the streets of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

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