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View synonyms for patrol car

patrol car

noun



patrol car

noun

  1. a police car with a radio telephone used for patrolling streets and motorways See also panda car
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of patrol car1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Officers tried to stop the car, but the driver crashed into their patrol car and the three women tried to escape on foot.

Our conversation is interrupted by a passing patrol car.

From BBC

Two Los Angeles police officers were injured early Sunday when their patrol car flipped over after being struck by another vehicle, whose driver was arrested, officials said.

Sheriff’s officials will haul in ballot boxes from the polls via helicopter and patrol cars to a heavily surveilled warehouse-like processing center, with K-9 units sniffing for explosives or other threats.

At a press conference on Monday, the agency showed a photo of the patrol car, which was riddled with bullet holes.

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