patrol car

noun

: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio or computer : squad car

Placing an unarmed, compliant juvenile in the back of a patrol car transformed an investigatory stop into an arrest, the 9th Circuit held …

—The National Law Journal

Examples of patrol car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two Detroit police officers were injured when their patrol car was struck head-on by an oncoming driver early Thursday. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

The state’s evidence was strong, and included body camera footage of Lopez attacking the deputy and trying to grab his service weapon before taking off in the patrol car, Chief Assistant State Attorney Joseph Mansfield said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Often mounted on patrol cars, these have been used to capture license plate information since the 1990s. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

The patrol car Patin allegedly used to escape was found a roughly two-mile drive away from the scene in the area of the East Freeway and Dell Dale Street, Gonzalez said. — Jarrod Wardwell, Houston Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for patrol car

• abattoir
• alcazar
• autocar
• avatar
• belshazzar
• caviar
• caviare
• cinnabar
• commissar
• condylar
• deodar
• handlebar