"prowl car" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-prowl car.ogg [Australia] Forms: prowl cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prowl car (plural prowl cars)
  1. (US, dated, slang) A police patrol car. Tags: US, dated, slang Synonyms: radio car, cruiser, prowl-car Translations (dated terms for police patrol car): piiska-auto (Finnish), piiska (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-prowl_car-en-noun-y31u2AWd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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