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squad car

noun

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



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Word History and Origins

Origin of squad car1

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
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They got him into a squad car, but according to the officers Smith continued to resist when they reached the precinct.

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And once again, Swagrman said, Swaggy was calm the whole time, even when he and his owner were placed in separate squad cars.

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“I had to slap this guy around in a squad car, and it was tough for me to really hit him,” he told the Boston Globe in 1995.

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Before he was led to the squad car, Ferguson had another thought for police.

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Behind two squad cars parked horizontally in front of a large truck that blocks the entrance to New Orleans’ famed street, a memorial greets visitors.

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