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police station

–noun
police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
Also called station house.


Origin:
1840–50
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police station  
n.  The headquarters of a unit of a police force, where those under arrest are first charged.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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