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Police station   /pəlˈis stˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Police station

noun
1.
A station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought.  Synonyms: police headquarters, station house.






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"Police station" Quotes from Famous Books



... brought to court next morning, the Bradys appeared at the police station and had a talk ...
— The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler - or, Working for the Custom House • Francis W. Doughty

... us on board the new steamer, the Volcano, the vessel appointed to carry the mails on to Alexandria. This ship was in quarantine, and it was consequently necessary to take some precautions in going on board. We proceeded, in the first instance, to a police station, where we took a second boat in tow, and a guadiano, an official appointed to see that no persons transgress the rules and regulations of the port instituted for the preservation ...
— Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay • Miss Emma Roberts

... The police! Naturally! They would know how to deal with this situation and perhaps even avenge poor Mr. Rumplestein's death. Filled with righteous anger and indignation I hurried out and went to the nearest police station. ...
— "To Invade New York...." • Irwin Lewis

... a man galloped into the West Forty-seventh Street Police Station with the story of ...
— Strictly Business • O. Henry

... Still, the good old infantry belts, with their heavy brass buckles, were quite a formidable weapon to use about in a crowd which was unarmed. I jumped on my horse and, riding by side streets, reached the police station, which was in the middle of the town, close to the main street, to inform the police of what was taking place. However, when I got there, it had become evident to the police that trouble was coming, for large numbers of civilians were congregating and showing ...
— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon


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