squadrol

squadrol n. a police vehicle that serves the purposes of both a patrol wagon and squad car. Etymological Note: squad + patrol (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • Cite on squadrol from 1968:

    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/Chicago7/riggio.html

    and at this time the squadrol had pulled up into the crowd.

    As we began to walk Mr. Hayden and Mr. Lowenthal into the squadrol,

    I got into the squadrol along with the

    I went back to my partner and Mr. Hayden, and we took Mr. Hayden to a squadrol and placed him in a squadrol.

    MR. KUNSTLER: Did they offer any resistance at any time from the time you walked up to them and said, you are under arrest, and the time you took them and put them in the squadrol?

    Cheers,

    JFC

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