police station

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noun

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

Also called station house.

Origin of police station

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby police station

policeperson, police power, police procedural, police reporter, police state, police station, police village, police wagon, policewoman, policier, policlinic

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Example sentences from the Web for police station

I drew my knife, and then everything got dark, and the next thing I knew I was in the police-station.
McAllister and His Double|Arthur Train
Javert had avoided him more than ever since the affair of the police-station, and M. Madeleine had not seen him.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
I reported the circumstance at the police-station, but such things were of too common occurrence to excite much interest.
Daisy's Necklace|Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The Japanese police-station was at Washibets, another village some miles off.
Alone with the Hairy Ainu|A. H. Savage Landor

The afternoon was far advanced and the hot glare had softened into a mellow glow before we found ourselves at the police-station.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893|Various

British Dictionary definitions for police station

police station

noun

the office or headquarters of the police force of a district

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单词	police station
释义	police station SEE SYNONYMS FOR police station ON THESAURUS.COM noun police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought. Also called station house. Origin of police station First recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby police station policeperson, police power, police procedural, police reporter, police state, police station, police village, police wagon, policewoman, policier, policlinic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for police station I drew my knife, and then everything got dark, and the next thing I knew I was in the police-station. McAllister and His Double\|Arthur Train Javert had avoided him more than ever since the affair of the police-station, and M. Madeleine had not seen him. Les Misrables\|Victor Hugo I reported the circumstance at the police-station, but such things were of too common occurrence to excite much interest. Daisy's Necklace\|Thomas Bailey Aldrich The Japanese police-station was at Washibets, another village some miles off. Alone with the Hairy Ainu\|A. H. Savage Landor The afternoon was far advanced and the hot glare had softened into a mellow glow before we found ourselves at the police-station. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893\|Various British Dictionary definitions for police station police station noun the office or headquarters of the police force of a district Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to police station station house, lockup, calaboose
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police station

noun

Origin of police station

Words nearby police station

Example sentences from the Web for police station

British Dictionary definitions for police station

noun

Words related to police station