police cruiser

noun

: a car used by police officers

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The Minneapolis police cruiser was heading south toward sections of the city hit hardest by recent immigration raids. Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026 The San José Police Department identified the carjacking suspect at the center of the incident, who shot and wounded an officer during a close-range gunfight before he was mowed down by a police cruiser and fatally shot. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026 But when that car started rusting, it was taken down, and a police cruiser donated by GM in 1995 went up in its place. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026 Next to the jail, in front of a police cruiser, the commuter hailed a pedicab. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police cruiser

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“Police cruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20cruiser. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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