police car

noun

: a car used by police officers

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In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him. Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026 Officials said a semi driving south on Cicero turned left onto Roosevelt just after the suspect car passed, and the Cicero police car hit the rear of the truck. Tara Molina, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026 Now the image is body-cam footage of a puffy-eyed 50-year-old man hiccupping and nodding off in the back of a police car after another DUI arrest. Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026 Before any congregants showed up, however, a police car pulled into Beth El’s parking lot, and a pair of officers from the South Orange Police Department stepped out. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police car

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“Police car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20car. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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