Meanings
plural patrol cars
- The car in which law enforcement officers, such as police officers or park rangers, patrol an area.
Near-synonyms: police car, cruise car, cruiser, squad car, radio car, crime car
Synonyms: police car, cruise car, cruiser, squad car, radio car, crime car
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe car in which law enforcement officers, such as police officers or park rangers, patrol an area.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan cotxe patrulla
- cotxe patrullapolice car
Chinese Mandarin 巡邏車 /巡逻车
- 巡邏車 /巡逻车 (xúnluóchē)police car
Danish patruljevogn, patruljebil
- patruljevognpolice car
- patruljebilpolice car
- politibilpolice car
Dutch patrouillewagen
- patrouillewagenpolice car
Finnish partioauto
- partioautopolice car
French voiture de patrouille
- voiture de patrouillepolice car
German Streifenwagen
- Streifenwagenpolice car
Greek περιπολικό
- περιπολικό (peripolikó)police car
Hebrew נַיֶּדֶת
- נַיֶּדֶת (nayédet)police car
Japanese パトカー, トロールカー
- パトカー (patokā)police car
- トロールカー (patorōru kā)police car
Māori waka tautiaki
- waka tautiakipolice car
Polish radiowóz
- radiowózpolice car
Russian патру́льная маши́на
- патру́льная маши́на (patrúlʹnaja mašína)police car
Spanish patrulla
- patrullapolice car
Swedish polisbil
- polisbilpolice car
Cite this entry
patrol car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrol%20car
“patrol car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrol%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patrol car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrol%20car.
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