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police beats

police beats is the plural of police beat.

Meaning of police beat

Noun

police beat (plural police beats)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.
  2. (Australia) A small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre.
    • The Law Report 29 January 2008; Interview with Debbie Kilroy
      […]She was brutalised inside the police beat station, where she was thrown to the ground, her face was rubbed in the ground, her jeans were stripped off her by prison officers, she was kicked, she was beaten.2009 September 16, kangarooistan, “Who saw the USA economy crash coming and Afghan war being LOST long long long before the EXPERTS”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

Questions about police beats

What is police beats the plural of?
Police beats is the plural of police beat.

Words near police beats in the dictionary

  1. police ambulances
  2. police and thief
  3. police barrier
  4. police barriers
  5. police beat
  6. police beats
  7. police blotter
  8. police blotters
  9. police box
  10. police boxes
  11. police boy

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