police cruiser

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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cruiser
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkruː.zər/us
/ˈkruː.zɚ/
a large fast ship used ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandcruiserfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Roy said he had seen his friend in the back of apolicecruiser.
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Persia leaves in the back seat of an undercoverpolicecruiser, after being told that she's held down the block for long enough, in her exit scene.
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Motorola created a line of mobile radios in the 1930s and 1940s for use in police cruisers and later, for use in taxicabs.
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Two policemen in apolicecruisercome to pick them up and take them back to the station.
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Apolicecruiserescorts them a few miles down the road before turning back and racing to another emergency.
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Although his driver's license was up-to-date, the inspection sticker had expired, and the bedraggled singer found himself in the back of thepolicecruiser.
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Witnesses at the scene reportedly helped her into thepolicecruiser.
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However, she was spotted by a respondingpolicecruiser.
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Rotter appears to have died in a crash involving thepolicecruiser.
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Outside a mob had overrun the street and overturned apolicecruiser.
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Instead, she backed up and parked adjacent to two cars, with her truck then being blocked in by thepolicecruiser.
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She's fairly sharp, knows her laws, and is a very good driver (if a little wild), able to keep pursuit of getaway cars even in a normalpolicecruiser.
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On the way to his booking, additional charges were brought after he repeatedly spat on the windows in the back of thepolicecruiserhe was being transported in.
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Several police cruisers had been stationed outside the parks to prevent people from pitching tents.
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Some transparency advocates believe that such cameras should be installed in all police cruisers to ensure accountability.
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Police cruisers were set on fire and vehicles of media corporations were damaged.
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The unit was made up of six officers who drove motorcycles and marked police cruisers.
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The team not only borrowed the official city colors displayed on its seal, flag, fire hydrants, fire trucks and police cruisers, but literally borrowed their first logos from the city.
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After unloading over 300 rounds at police cruisers, the officers were forced to retreat behind their cruisers or nearby obstacles, all the while being fired upon.
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The history of mobile phones can be traced back to two-way radios permanently installed in vehicles such as taxicabs, police cruisers, railroad trains, and the like.
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