patrol wagon

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noun
  1. an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.

  • Also called police wagon.

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How to use patrol wagon in a sentence

  • He began to waver in his resolution, when a patrol wagon rolled up and more officers dismounted.

    Sister Carrie | Theodore Dreiser
  • Get a policeman and have him ride it away for us in the patrol wagon?

    The Winning Touchdown | Lester Chadwick
  • "Dey fetched me here in de patrol-wagon," he said evasively.

    John Marvel, Assistant | Thomas Nelson Page
  • A patrol wagon rattled in the street with a great clang of its gong.

    The Main Chance | Meredith Nicholson
  • It was the police patrol wagon, and in it were the captain of the precinct and a half dozen policemen and detectives.

    The Third Degree | Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow

British Dictionary definitions for patrol wagon

patrol wagon

noun
  1. US, Australian and NZ a police van for transporting prisoners: Also called: (Informal) paddy wagon, (US) police wagon

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