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patrol wagon

NOUN
Black Maria
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NOUN
patrol car
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When the patrol wagon arrived at Central Booking, officers found Ott sleeping and had difficulty waking him, police said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2018

He was handcuffed in the patrol wagon to a lesbian and he got her a lawyer – he wouldn’t let her pay for the lawyer.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015

Unable to pay a judgment assessed by a London court, last week, Reception Clerk Barker submitted quietly to arrest for "contempt of court," and was driven in a patrol wagon to Brixton Prison for males.

From Time Magazine Archive

City Hall Employee Edward Beitz pleaded with passersby for an hour before someone finally released him from a parked police patrol wagon into which he had accidentally locked himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The police just carted Bill Glutts off in a patrol wagon," announced Andy.

From The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields by Stratemeyer, Edward




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