1. A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
   "The suspect was apprehended and placed in the back of a police prowl car";
   - cruiser [N. Amer], police cruiser, patrol car, police car, squad car

Derived forms: prowl cars

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Prowl car