radio car

noun

: an automobile equipped with radio communication

Examples of radio car in a Sentence

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Once inside the parking lot, Meiser took something from his backpack and stashed it in the trunk of a LASD radio car. Jason Henry, Daily News, 11 July 2025 The shootings immediately called to mind the assassinations of two officers in 2014, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, who were sitting in their radio car when a gunman approached and opened fire. New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022 Faster than a hot-rodder can shift into high gear, there were four paddy wagons, five radio cars and four tactical squads — 40 men altogether — converging on the dragsters. Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of radio car was in 1925

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“Radio car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20car. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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