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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Then someone came in and said there were twelve squad cars outside the building.
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The trooper in the ISP squad car and the driver of the other car were both taken to area hospitals with injuries, state police said.
—Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
The next night, Weathermen placed plastic coffee cups filled with black powder under the hoods of police squad cars across Chicago.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside an Azusa Police Department squad car parked in front of the department and may have been there for days, according to officials.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The trooper in the ISP squad car and the driver of the other car were both taken to area hospitals with injuries, state police said.
—Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
The next night, Weathermen placed plastic coffee cups filled with black powder under the hoods of police squad cars across Chicago.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside an Azusa Police Department squad car parked in front of the department and may have been there for days, according to officials.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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 5 Apr. 2026.
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