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Noun: squad car  skwód kaa(r)
  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 squad car";
    - cruiser [N. Amer], police cruiser, patrol car, police car, prowl car [N. Amer]

Derived forms: squad cars

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

Encyclopedia: Squad car