police station
English
Noun
police station (plural police stations)
- A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
- 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:
- In trying to stop him from exploiting more children, I was ensuring my parents and my siblings would be ostracised. She begged me not to go to the police station.
- 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:
Synonyms
- cophouse (slang)
Translations
building of police force
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