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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The squad car continued to travel and collided with a bus shelter and a fire hydrant.
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Blinking red and green letters advertising Body Factory Nutrition mixed with light from the street lamps and squad cars, as police clustered near 51st and Laflin.
—Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
Roper also had a passenger in his squad car — a ride along — who sustained rib bruising and multiple fractures due to the crash.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Karissa David arrived a minute later and positioned her squad car at the parking lot's entrance.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2024
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Blinking red and green letters advertising Body Factory Nutrition mixed with light from the street lamps and squad cars, as police clustered near 51st and Laflin.
—Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
Roper also had a passenger in his squad car — a ride along — who sustained rib bruising and multiple fractures due to the crash.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Karissa David arrived a minute later and positioned her squad car at the parking lot's entrance.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2024
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“Squad car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squad%20car. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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