city hall

noun

1

: the chief administrative building of a city

2

a

: a municipal government

b

: city officialdom or bureaucracy

you can't fight city hall

Examples of city hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then locally, there was a federal corruption investigation, the FBI was going into city hall, all those sorts of things. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

In France, after-school programming is run by city halls, separate from the national education system in which teachers are hired after yearslong study. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026

Then, on July 16, all three members of Trinidad's city hall staff resigned. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

The lawsuit comes two months after the city council voted to explore options on relocating city hall to an office tower downtown. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for city hall

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Kids Definition

city hall

noun

1

: the main administrative building of a city

2

a

: a municipal government

b

: city officialdom or bureaucracy

you can't fight city hall