squad car
noun
: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio
called also black-and-white, cruiser, prowl car
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Two bullet fragments were recovered from the front floor of the deputy’s squad car.
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
With no time to wait for an ambulance, Rivera was placed into a squad car to be driven to University of Chicago Medical Center.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
In quick succession, the entrance gets locked, a silent alarm triggered and umpteen squad cars pull up with sirens screaming in the strip mall parking lot outside.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 June 2025
San Diego police responded with squad cars; a helicopter circled overhead after the game, urging fans to leave the parking lots promptly.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
With no time to wait for an ambulance, Rivera was placed into a squad car to be driven to University of Chicago Medical Center.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
In quick succession, the entrance gets locked, a silent alarm triggered and umpteen squad cars pull up with sirens screaming in the strip mall parking lot outside.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 June 2025
San Diego police responded with squad cars; a helicopter circled overhead after the game, urging fans to leave the parking lots promptly.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for squad car
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“Squad car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squad%20car. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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