ghost car

English

Noun

ghost car (plural ghost cars)

1. (Canada) An unmarked police car or an unmarked vehicle used as a decoy by police.
   • 1984 October 10, “Curbing Metro's auto ripoffs”, in Toronto Star, page A18:

     The committee is asking Metro Council to tack new restrictions onto Metro licences, including . . . an expanded ghost car program.

   • 2007 July 13, Eliza Barlow, “Police pursuit called off”, in Edmonton Sun, Alberta, retrieved 28 February 2008:

     Officers in a ghost car were doing speed enforcement near 82 Street and 132 Avenue when a white 1995 Ford Contour sped by.

Synonyms

• undercover car
• unmarked car

Anagrams

• Gartcosh