squad-car

squad car

noun
an automobile used by police officers, equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters.
Also called cruise car, patrol car, police car.


Origin:
1930–35, Americanism

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squad car

noun
a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters [syn: cruiser
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