police station
Word forms: police stations
countable noun [oft in names] A2
A police station is the local office of a police force in a particular area.
Two police officers arrested him and took him to Kensington police station.
Synonyms: station, nick, cop shop [informal]
Image of police station
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Translations:
Chinese: 警察局
Japanese: 警察署
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- backstage tour
- back street
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- backstroke
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- back the wrong horse
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- back to basics
- back to earth
- back to front
- back to nature
- back to square one
- back to the drawing board
- backtrack
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- back up
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