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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Most neighborhood police stations now have their own dedicated booster organizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Beijing denied wrongdoing and distanced itself from such operations as similar police stations were uncovered in dozens of nations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
In 2017 hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh due to an army crackdown sparked by deadly attacks on police stations in Rakhine state.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
"We will ask for special powers -- powers to modernise police stations, and powers for the Armed Forces to help us control the prisons," she told AFP in Lima.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Already he had seen the inside of a dozen police stations, been through as many counselors, a psychologist, several detention centers, and two residential treatment centers.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
