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 …

—The National Law Journal

Examples of patrol car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The patrol car was from the LAPD’s North Hollywood Division and was responding to an emergency call in the Van Nuys Division, Orozco said. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

The records show that for nearly three years now, Florida’s highways have been racing with troopers’ black-and-tan patrol cars chasing drivers, even for non-violent offenses, leaving a trail of severe crashes, injuries and deaths. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Arpaio staked patrol cars outside a Latina judge’s Paradise Valley home to see if the workers putting a new roof on her house were undocumented. — Michael Kiefer, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

Sterling then stands Koya up and tells her to climb into the back seat of his patrol car. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for patrol car

• abattoir
• alcazar
• autocar
• avatar
• belshazzar
• caviar
• caviare
• cinnabar
• commissar
• condylar
• deodar
• handlebar