squad car

noun

1. an automobile used by police officers, equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of squad car¹

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

Of the 4-year-old girl who was placed in the back of a squad car with her mother, girlfriend of Philando Castile, after watching police shoot him dead.

From The Daily Beast

So John Oliver weighed in on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, first cutting to footage of Robert Lamay, a Washington state trooper who decided to film a video of himself in his squad car resigning over the mandate.

From The Daily Beast

Bates parks his squad car in the middle of the bridge, gets out, and leans against the hood with a shotgun.

From Vox

During court proceedings on another matter Monday, Nelson asserted for the first time that fragments of a pill with Floyd’s DNA on it were found in the back of the squad car.

From Washington Post

Carey backed into a squad car, drove briefly on the sidewalk and continued toward Constitution Avenue NW.

From Washington Post

Murphy was determined to make it back to his squad car and retrieve his shotgun.

From The Daily Beast

After the initial hit, Murphy ducked behind the squad car to take cover from the additional rounds and to orient himself.

From The Daily Beast

She was arrested for public intoxication, handcuffed, and officers attempted to place her in the back of a squad car.

From The Daily Beast

The two are deeply bonded, both in and out of the squad car.

From The Daily Beast

Then, when the squad car slowly rolls by, and the cops take a good look at you, you glare at them too.

From The Daily Beast

He came close to having convulsions when a squad car passed on the next street west, its siren wailing.

From Project Gutenberg

He spotted the squad car far behind, ducked through a maze of alleys, and lost it for another few precious minutes.

From Project Gutenberg

You see, by coincidence, a police squad car was coming down the street just at that moment to arrest Mr. Rossi.

From Project Gutenberg

He was telling this to the officer and the officer took him over and put him in a squad car.

From Project Gutenberg

And whenever you see a squad car parked like that, you think something is wrong.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• patrol car