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

Chalong Riewrang was arrested and taken to the local police station, Nonthaburi police chief Dejrapee Kongdee said. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

The show takes its name from one of the most infamous narratives to emerge during the investigation into Kercher's death, which claimed that Knox performed cartwheels at an Italian police station. — Usa Today, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

And just last week, a suicide bomb killed at least 17 people and injured dozens more outside a police station in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. — Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

In a separate attack in the northern department of Cesar, a police officer was killed when drones carrying explosives targeted a police station. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 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