crime car
British police slang for a patrol car — specifically the fast-response vehicles used by traffic police or rapid response units.
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British police slang for a patrol car — specifically the fast-response vehicles used by traffic police or rapid response units. Less commonly known than 'squad car' (the American equivalent); primarily used within British police culture rather than by the general public.
The crime car was on the scene within three minutes of the call.
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(chiefly, UK) A police patrol car.
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- squad car74%
The standard American term for a police patrol car — the marked vehicle used by uniformed officers on regular patrol duties. 'Squad car' is so common in American English that it has passed from slang into standard vocabulary. Also used in Ireland. British English typically says 'police car' or 'panda car.'
- prowl car72%
American dated slang for a police patrol car — the vehicle used by officers to cruise their assigned territory watching for criminal activity. The name captures the slow, predatory movement of a police car surveilling a neighbourhood. It is now largely obsolete, replaced by 'patrol car' or 'squad car'.
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(chiefly, US, Ireland) A police car.
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(AU, informal, dated) An unmarked police car.