police station

American  

noun

• police stations
  plural

1. police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.

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police station British  

noun

1. the office or headquarters of the police force of a district

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• police stations
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of police station

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

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police station

“I’m glad it’s down, but I shudder at what it would be if we had not invested the resources,” she told reporters outside of the Van Nuys police station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Police fired several tear gas grenades to clear the group, which was holding its protest near a university building and the city's police station.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Both were taken to a Cambridgeshire police station and have since been bailed with "strict conditions", the Metropolitan Police said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

After Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest he was taken to Aylsham police station.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

This police station is much nicer than the one where I met my uncle, and the policeman seems nicer too.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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Related Words

• police headquarters
• station house

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