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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Nate, feeling he’s met the woman of his dreams, takes matters into his own hands by scooping up a gun and taking the squad car of an injured officer, who pleads with him to do neither of those things.
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Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Kathryn Scott Osler/Denver Post via Getty Images Over the last year, a group of officers with the Minnesota State Patrol carried a new piece of equipment in their squad cars.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
The officer gets the title, then returns to his squad car and calls for backup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
The two officers, driving separate squad cars, had been dispatched to help Belton police with a car that had been reported stolen.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Kathryn Scott Osler/Denver Post via Getty Images Over the last year, a group of officers with the Minnesota State Patrol carried a new piece of equipment in their squad cars.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
The officer gets the title, then returns to his squad car and calls for backup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
The two officers, driving separate squad cars, had been dispatched to help Belton police with a car that had been reported stolen.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 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 7 May. 2025.
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