squad car
noun
: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio
called also black-and-white, cruiser, prowl car
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But the study does count the arson of 11 NYPD squad cars in June of 2025, a case that Ware said would not necessarily have made his list.
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NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.
—Alex Haddon, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Leigh listened to the arrest unfold from the back seat of a squad car parked outside the Chili’s off Sardis Road North, less than a mile away.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
In the years since the protests, Las Cañas had acquired a new police station, whose officers circulate frequently through the community in squad cars.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.
—Alex Haddon, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Leigh listened to the arrest unfold from the back seat of a squad car parked outside the Chili’s off Sardis Road North, less than a mile away.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
In the years since the protests, Las Cañas had acquired a new police station, whose officers circulate frequently through the community in squad cars.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for squad car
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“Squad car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squad%20car. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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