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.

Recent Examples on the Web

There has been some opposition, including from the Mauthausen Committee, Austria’s main Holocaust survivors’ group, which has argued both that a police station is inappropriate and that more should be done to draw attention to Hitler’s crimes. — CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Most of Haiti’s West region, home to Port-au-Prince and the gateway to the country’s other nine geographic areas, is under the control of armed gangs, which have torched police stations, hospitals and schools. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Applications can also be mailed or dropped off at the police station. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026

He was later medically cleared and taken to the police station for an interview. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for police station

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration