paddy wagon
Arrest transport vehicle
A paddy wagon is a police van for transporting prisoners or arrestees.
The term dates to the late 19th century and likely references the Irish—"Paddy" being a common nickname derived from Patrick.
Whether it originally referred to Irish police officers or Irish arrestees is disputed.
The term remains in casual use but sounds dated: They loaded the protesters into a paddy wagon.
Law enforcement transport vehicle
- squad carPolice officer's vehicle
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- patrol carLaw enforcement vehicle
- prisoner transportMoving detained persons securely
mobile unit · cage · compartment · barred windows · reinforced · locked · secure transport · convoy
Locking wrist restraints
- detaineePerson held in custody
- custodyProtective care or control
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- apprehendSeize or understand
suspect · roundup · raid · bust · loaded · mass arrest · sweep · detained
Authoritative legal ban
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- raidSudden armed incursion
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
- suffragettesFemale voting-rights activists
labor strikes · protests · civil rights · demonstrations · picket lines · union organizers · activists · dissenters
Filled to capacity
- crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- sardinesSmall canned herring relatives
- overcrowdedFilled beyond capacity
jammed · squeezed · tight quarters · shoulder to shoulder · standing room · overloaded · capacity · full
police van
Law enforcement transport vehicle
- squad carPolice officer's vehicle
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- patrol carLaw enforcement vehicle
prisoner transport · mobile unit · cage · compartment · barred windows · reinforced · locked · secure transport · convoy · escort vehicle
handcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
apprehend · suspect · roundup · raid · bust · loaded · mass arrest · sweep · detained · perp walk
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- raidSudden armed incursion
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
suffragettes · labor strikes · protests · civil rights · demonstrations · picket lines · union organizers · activists · dissenters · sit-ins
packed
Filled to capacity
overcrowded · jammed · squeezed · tight quarters · shoulder to shoulder · standing room · overloaded · capacity · full · bodies
maria
Dark lunar plains
- wagonsprairie schooner, buckboard, bandwagon, wain, Conestoga
- arrestarrest, handcuffs, Miranda warning, booking, custody
- Police Historyconstables, Metropolitan Police, night watch, Scotland Yard, sheriffs
- police slangperp, collar, bust, APB, BOLO
- prisoner transportprison bus, prison transfer, secure transport, federal marshal, shackles
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
paddy wagonsquad car
Police officer's vehicle
patrol car · police cruiser · pursuit vehicle · unmarked car · getaway car
wagon, wagons, paddy, waggon, paddywhack