police station
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police station
noun police stations
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A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
When the ballots were opened on 19 November, Hsu Hsin-liang’s supporters at a polling station in Chungli City suspected fraud. As the crowd swelled to approximately a thousand, rioting erupted. One protester was killed and the Chungli police station was burned.
Similar: cophouse, cop shop, kotwali, Irish clubhouse
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noun building of police force
| Español | comisaría, comisaría de policía, estación policiaca, comisaría policíaca, estación policial |
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| 한국어 | 경찰서 gyeongchalseo, 파출소 pachulso |
| 日本語 | 警察署 keisatsusho, 交番 kōban |
| 中文 | 警察局 jǐngchájú, 派出所 pàichūsuǒ, 警察署 jǐngcháshǔ, jǐngcháshù, 公安局 gōng'ānjú, 警局 jǐngjú |
| हिन्दी | थाना thānā, कोतवाली kotvālī, पुलिस स्टेशन pulis sṭeśan |
| Kiswahili | kituo cha polisi |
| Português | delegacia de polícia, esquadra, estação de polícia |
| Français | commissariat de police, office de police, poste de police, bureau de police, hôtel de police |
| Deutsch | Polizeiwache, Polizeidienststelle, Polizeirevier, Polizeistation, Polizeipräsidium |
| Italiano | commissariato, stazione di polizia |
| Ελληνικά | αστυνομικό τμήμα astynomikó tmíma |
| Română | secție de poliție |
| Русский | полице́йский уча́сток policéjskij učástok, отделе́ние поли́ции otdelénije polícii |
| Tiếng Việt | đồn cảnh sát |
| العربية | مَرْكَز شُرْطَة markaz šurṭa, مَرْكِز شُرْطَة markiz šurṭa |
| עברית | תַּחֲנַת מִשְׁטָרָה takhanát mishtará |
Talk about this word "police station." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/police%20station. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. police station. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/police%20station "police station." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/police%20station.Cite this
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title = {police station},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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