police station

noun

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

police station

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of police station¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The office itself takes on a fake identity, as a police station, when the police wish to use it to mislead a witness.

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"So they moved from Agwara police station to the school. Probably when you got there, they must have moved back to the headquarters," the police commissioner told the BBC.

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"Other times I charge it up, but nobody rings, I don't know who it belongs to or I can't find them on social media, so I just take it to the police station".

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On Friday, nine people were killed when confiscated explosives blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, in what authorities said was an accident.

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Pierre was taken from the emergency room to the police station for questioning and then to jail for an outstanding arrest warrant.

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• police headquarters www.thesaurus.com
• station house