patrol car

noun

: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio or computer : squad car
Placing an unarmed, compliant juvenile in the back of a patrol car transformed an investigatory stop into an arrest, the 9th Circuit held Aug. 24.The National Law Journal

Examples of patrol car in a Sentence

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The driver then drove behind the patrol car, continued doing donuts and then fled the scene. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024 Richardson put handcuffs on the 11-year-old and locked him in the back of the patrol car. Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024 At a press conference on Monday, the agency showed a photo of the patrol car, which was riddled with bullet holes. Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024 By that time, a patrol car had arrived with two policemen. Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for patrol car 

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of patrol car was in 1926

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“Patrol car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol%20car. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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