paddy wagons
Police prisoner vehicles
Paddy wagons are police vehicles for transporting prisoners or those under arrest.
The term dates to an era when Irish immigrants dominated both urban police forces and arrest records—paddy being slang for an Irishman.
The word persists but sounds dated; most Americans now say police van or squad car.
They loaded the protesters into a paddy wagon.
Locking wrist restraints
- detainHold in custody
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
- custodyProtective care or control
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
jail · charges · incarceration · arraignment · defendants · roundup · dragnet · sweep
Enclosed cargo vehicle
- police vanLaw enforcement transport vehicle
- prisoner transportMoving detained persons securely
- mobile unitTransportable operational group
- fleetVehicles under unified command
dispatch · response · patrol · cage · compartment · doors · back doors · windows
Filled to capacity
- crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- squeezedPressed firmly together
- overcrowdedFilled beyond capacity
jammed · standing room · shoulder to shoulder · mass arrests · overflow · capacity · full · loaded
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- VictorianOf a prim era
- prohibition eraPeriod of official banning
- labor strikesWorkers collectively stopping work
- civil rights eraPeriod fighting legal segregation
antique · vintage · nineteenth century · constabulary · gaol
handcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
booking · jail · charges · incarceration · arraignment · defendants · roundup · dragnet · sweep · mass arrest
van
Enclosed cargo vehicle
- police vanLaw enforcement transport vehicle
- prisoner transportMoving detained persons securely
- mobile unitTransportable operational group
fleet · dispatch · response · patrol · cage · compartment · doors · back doors · windows · bars
packed
Filled to capacity
overcrowded · jammed · standing room · shoulder to shoulder · mass arrests · overflow · capacity · full · loaded
horse-drawn
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- VictorianOf a prim era
- prohibition eraPeriod of official banning
- labor strikesWorkers collectively stopping work
civil rights era · antique · vintage · nineteenth century · constabulary · gaol
clink
Sharp metallic ring
paddy wagonsgetaway cars
Vehicles for fleeing crime scenes
limousines · party buses · Underground Railroad · tour buses · shuttle buses