prowl car

noun

A police patrol car.

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Meanings

nounprowl car (plural prowl cars)

plural prowl cars

  1. USdatedslangA police patrol car.

    I said: ‘Let the prowl car pass up the hill. They'll think we moved over when we heard the siren.’

    1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 106

    Synonyms: radio car, cruiser

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA police patrol car.

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radio carcruiser

More synonyms by meaning

nouna car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

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cruiserpolice cruiserpatrol carpolice carsquad car
Broader
carautoautomobile
Also see
cruiserpatrol carpolice carsquad car

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish piiska-auto, piiska
  • piiska-autodated terms for police patrol car
  • piiskadated terms for police patrol car
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Chicago

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