police stationn.

Brit.

/pᵿˈliːs ˌsteɪʃn/,

/ˈpliːs ˌsteɪʃn/, U.S.

/pəˈlis ˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: police n., station n.

Etymology: < police n. + station n.

The office or headquarters of a local police force, or of a police district.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station

police office1781

station1814

police station1820

factory1890

front office1900

cop-shop1941

law station1958

bear den1975

1820 Edinb. Advertiser 21 Jan. 48/1 Information being sent to the police station at Santry, every effort was used..to discover the villains.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iii. 18 A little winding through some muddy alleys,..brought them to the wicket-gate and bright lamp of a Police Station.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 27 Sept. 2/1 This police-station confession proved (unlike most of such self-accusations) to be true.

1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 139 Cresswell compels reluctant policeman to march the offending carter..to the nearest police-station.

1991 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 21 361 It was clear..that not all officers knew that legal advice given in the police station is free.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	police station
释义	police stationn. Brit. /pᵿˈliːs ˌsteɪʃn/, /ˈpliːs ˌsteɪʃn/, U.S. /pəˈlis ˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: police n., station n. Etymology: < police n. + station n. The office or headquarters of a local police force, or of a police district. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station police office1781 station1814 police station1820 factory1890 front office1900 cop-shop1941 law station1958 bear den1975 1820 Edinb. Advertiser 21 Jan. 48/1 Information being sent to the police station at Santry, every effort was used..to discover the villains. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iii. 18 A little winding through some muddy alleys,..brought them to the wicket-gate and bright lamp of a Police Station. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 27 Sept. 2/1 This police-station confession proved (unlike most of such self-accusations) to be true. 1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 139 Cresswell compels reluctant policeman to march the offending carter..to the nearest police-station. 1991 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 21 361 It was clear..that not all officers knew that legal advice given in the police station is free. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1820
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