police station

noun

: the headquarters of the police for a locality

Examples of police station in a Sentence

They brought him down to the police station for questioning.

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Plans for the funds include building a new police station and new Fire Station 2, as well as renovating existing buildings. —

Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 There’s a police station, a possession, and then a deconstruction of the very genre. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 The hospital attack came at the end of a year that saw police stations, prisons, medical facilities and the man international airport targeted by armed gangs. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 One of the men, Chen Jinping, pleaded guilty last month to espionage charges over his role in the illicit police station, while the other, Changle Association President Lu Jianwang, is continuing to fight his case. —

Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for police station

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of police station was in 1820

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