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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The addresses raided by the police included a tenement flat in Edinburgh's South Clerk Street, a five-minute walk from one of the capital's busiest police stations.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
“Talk to New Yorkers who live near police stations and they’ll tell you it’s a nightmare,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The 2006 campaign saw 12,645 weapons deposited in more than 200 special bins at police stations across the country.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
He hired thousands of men to clean streets and ordered police stations opened at night for men seeking a place to sleep.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
