prowl car
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prowl car
n.
See squad car.
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squad′ car`
n.
a police automobile equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters. Also called patrol car, police car, prowl car.
[1930–35, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  prowl car - a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquartersauto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" panda car - a police cruiser |
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prowl car
n (US) → Streifenwagen m
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