pursuit vehicle
Car giving chase
A pursuit vehicle is a car or other vehicle used to chase someone, typically a police car equipped for high-speed pursuit of fleeing suspects: Three pursuit vehicles joined the chase on the highway.
The term appears in law enforcement contexts and action films.
Any vehicle actively chasing another may be called a pursuit vehicle.
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- car chaseHigh-speed vehicular pursuit
- policeCivil law enforcement
- police carLaw enforcement vehicle
- squad carPolice officer's vehicle
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