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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When Nichols goes limp, he is handcuffed and leaned against an unmarked squad car.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 May 2025
As Sarah Petersen sat in the squad car, audio recording equipment picked up a conversation between the sisters.
—Olivia Estright, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 May 2025
As Sarah Petersen sat in the squad car, audio recording equipment picked up a conversation between the sisters.
—Olivia Estright, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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 28 May. 2025.
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