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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The two officers, driving separate squad cars, had been dispatched to help Belton police with a car that had been reported stolen.
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Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
One case involved a $400,000 deal for a pedestrian struck by a squad car when an officer ran a red light.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
In Hinds County, Mississippi, a funeral procession illuminated by streams of squad cars and motorcycles carried the body of 37-year-old Martin Shields Jr. to a church where a service was held on Monday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
She’s been wrestled to the ground, double cuffed, manhandled into a squad car and deposited at the Hammocks precinct.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
One case involved a $400,000 deal for a pedestrian struck by a squad car when an officer ran a red light.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
In Hinds County, Mississippi, a funeral procession illuminated by streams of squad cars and motorcycles carried the body of 37-year-old Martin Shields Jr. to a church where a service was held on Monday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
She’s been wrestled to the ground, double cuffed, manhandled into a squad car and deposited at the Hammocks precinct.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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