police station
noun
police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
police stations
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pluralof police station.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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About 30 percent of police stations still lack their own devices, a senior officer in the provincial capital Peshawar told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The suspects are being held in custody at various police stations in Lusaka.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Thousands of people displaced by a powerful earthquake in eastern Indonesia awaited much-needed aid on Monday as they camped out at schools, police stations and government offices, with many stuck outside.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Most neighborhood police stations now have their own dedicated booster organizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
And we would cover the courts and the police stations and the Fire Department and the Coast Guard out on Lake Michigan and all that.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
