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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He was taken to a police station and questioned for most of the day before being released without charge. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026 Protesters went on to torch police stations across the country, overrun national security headquarters in multiple governorates, storm torture chambers, and unearth archives of horror and abuse. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 Near La Guajira’s border with Venezuela, the only police station for miles is a one-story, half-finished building in Castilletes, a few hundred meters from the frontier. — Nathan Jaccard, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Images circulated globally of Mountbatten-Windsor hiding in a car on the way back from the police station. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police station

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of police station was in 1820

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“Police station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20station. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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