police box
English
Noun
police box (plural police boxes)
- (chiefly Britain, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. Currently, the city of Glasgow (Scotland) has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control-room operator.
- A small community police station; a koban.
Related terms
Terms derived from police (noun)
- chief of police
- police box
- police brutality
- police captain
- police car
- police chief
- police commissioner
- police constable
- police department
- police detective
- police dog
- police force
- police headquarters
- police jury
- police lieutenant
- policeman
- police officer
- police precinct
- police protection
- police record
- police sergeant
- police service
- police squad
- police state
- police station
- police van
- police wagon
- policewoman
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