police station
police station noun: a building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
Noun
police station (plural police stations)
- A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
- When the ballots were opened on 19 November, Hsu Hsin-liang’s supporters at a polling station in Chungli City suspected fraud. As the crowd swelled to approximately a thousand, rioting erupted. One protester was killed and the Chungli police station was burned.1999, Shelley Rigger, “Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972-1988)”, in Politics in Taiwan: Voting for democracy, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115
- In trying to stop him from exploiting more children, I was ensuring my parents and my siblings would be ostracised. She begged me not to go to the police station.2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- cophouse, cop shop, kotwali, Irish clubhouse
police station meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
police station in Hindi
- building of police force
- थाना thānā, कोतवाली kotvālī, पुलिस स्टेशन pulis sṭeśan
police station in Tamil
- building of police force
- காவல் நிலையம் kāval nilaiyam
police station in Marathi
- police station
- ठाणे ṭhāṇe
police station in Urdu
- building of police force
- تھانَہ thāna, پُولِس اِسْٹیشَن pūlis isṭeśan
More languagesFewer languages
- police station in Bengali
- থানা thana
- police station in Kannada
- ಠಾಣೆ ṭhāṇe
- police station in Punjabi
- ਥਾਣਾ thāṇā
- police station in Gujarati
- પોલીસ મથક polīs mathak, ચોતરો cotro
- police station in Odia
- ଥାନା thānā
- police station in Arabic
- مَرْكَز شُرْطَة markaz šurṭa, مَرْكِز شُرْطَة markiz šurṭa
- police station in Malay
- balai polis
- police station in Indonesian
- kantor polisi
- police station in Thai
- สถานีตำรวจ sà-tǎa-nii dtam-rùuat, โรงพัก roong-pák
- police station in Vietnamese
- đồn cảnh sát, đồn công an
- police station in Myanmar
- ရဲစခန်း rai:ca.hkan:
Synonyms of police station
Forms of police station
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Questions about police station
- What does police station mean?
- Police station means a building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
- What is police station in Hindi?
- Police station in Hindi is थाना (thānā), कोतवाली (kotvālī), पुलिस स्टेशन (pulis sṭeśan). See Police station meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is police station?
- Police station is a noun.
- What is the plural of police station?
- The plural of police station is police stations.
Words near police station in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: police station (page history and authors); ठाणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಠಾಣೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਥਾਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ચોતરો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଥାନା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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