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police car

noun

: a car used by police officers

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The incidents cited by prosecutors include one in 2019, when Wenger broke a woman’s arm and smashed her sister’s face into the side of a police car while investigating shoplifting. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025 One person was hospitalized following a two-car crash involving a police car in Glendale early Sunday. Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025 The only police car in Ittoqqortoormiit tested the ice, and fell through. Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 On Tuesday afternoon, a suicide bomber self-detonated next to a police car outside a court building in Islamabad, killing at least 12 others and wounding at least 27. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Nov. 2025 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 9 Dec. 2025.

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