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ghost car en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Canada) An unmarked police car or an unmarked vehicle used as a decoy by police.
    • The committee is asking Metro Council to tack new restrictions onto Metro licences, including . . . an expanded ghost car program. 1984 October 10, “Curbing Metro's auto ripoffs”, in Toronto Star, page A18:
    • Officers in a ghost car were doing speed enforcement near 82 Street and 132 Avenue when a white 1995 Ford Contour sped by. 2007 July 13, Eliza Barlow, “Police pursuit called off”, in Edmonton Sun, Alberta, retrieved 28 Feb 2008:

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Synonyms

unmarked car · undercover car