police station

noun

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

police station

noun

1. the office or headquarters of the police force of a district

Word History and Origins

Origin of police station¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

"Any unauthorised installations will be removed and handed in to the local police station where the owners can collect them," they said.

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The streaming giant said Matthew Goode will again play DCI Carl Morck, a damaged and shambolic detective who heads up the department of misfits in the basement of a police station.

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Five people were taken to Wymondham police station for questioning while the other eight were de-arrested after they gave their details to police.

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He drove them four miles to Colne police station but was then arrested for false imprisonment and assault.

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"When I eventually left the police station, late that afternoon, I was in a bad state mentally. I went to a friend's house in the northeast of Scotland and stayed for a week."

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