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

After storming Mirebalais on March 31 and attacking the police station, gangs released more than 500 prisoners from the local prison. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025

At the moment, the police station house is undergoing an interior remodeling. —Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025

The girl called the police station one night and wound up talking to Liv, who kept her on the phone while the team hustled to try to figure out where she was being held. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025

Mohammed al-Basha, a Yemen expert of the Basha Report risk advisory firm, cited social media condolence notices suggesting a colonel overseeing police stations for the Houthis in Hodeida had been killed in the strike Trump highlighted, alongside his two brothers. —Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025

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