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police cruiser

noun

: a car used by police officers

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The film opens on a cop named Lyndon Lafferty, sitting in a 1960s-style police cruiser. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025 Pluribus picks up where the last episode left off, with Carol leaving a wounded Zosia to recover at the hospital and driving a police cruiser home. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025 The incident caused over $1,200 in damages to the police cruiser, according to authorities. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025 Charles Briscoe, 61, was killed April 2 when his vehicle turned in front of Begel’s police cruiser in the 3900 block of Fern Valley Road just south of Newburg. Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025 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 30 Nov. 2025.

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