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POLICE VAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does police van mean?
• POLICE VAN (noun)
The noun POLICE VAN has 1 sense:
1. van used by police to transport prisoners
Familiarity information: POLICE VAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Van used by police to transport prisoners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
black Maria; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; police van; police wagon; wagon
Hypernyms ("police van" is a kind of...):
van (a truck with an enclosed cargo space)
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