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
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Ricklefs allegedly put the jeep in reverse and backed into the officers’ patrol car, drove away and then quickly returned and hit another patrol car, according to the outlet.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
The officer tells Wallen that the police were attempting to understand what happened after a chair fell from the bar’s rooftop and landed by the policeman’s patrol car.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
During the interaction with Clawson police, Ricklefs reversed her vehicle into a patrol car, fled, returned and struck another patrol car.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Thief nabbed at empty church lot As patrol cars hurtled toward the yellow arches on Main Street, Officer Tony Adkins noticed a car in Mount Moriah’s Church parking lot.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
The officer tells Wallen that the police were attempting to understand what happened after a chair fell from the bar’s rooftop and landed by the policeman’s patrol car.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
During the interaction with Clawson police, Ricklefs reversed her vehicle into a patrol car, fled, returned and struck another patrol car.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Thief nabbed at empty church lot As patrol cars hurtled toward the yellow arches on Main Street, Officer Tony Adkins noticed a car in Mount Moriah’s Church parking lot.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for patrol car
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“Patrol car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol%20car. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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