police car

noun

: a car used by police officers

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The pursuit ended when the boy crashed the e-moto into a police car, the release said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Her friend’s cries mixed with the sound of police car sirens before officers arrived and escorted students and staff out the building. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 One of the classic ways that they would be used in the 2000s is they would be mounted on a police car. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 The occasionally shaky video shows the officers holding 28-year-old Florentino Junior Lopez against the hood of a police car. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police car

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“Police car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20car. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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