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Meanings of police station in English

Portuguese
delegacia de polícia
Catalan
comissaria

A station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought.

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delegacia de polícia
Russian
полицейский участок
Portuguese
delegacia de polícia
Spanish
estaciones de policía
Catalan
comissaria

Headquarters for the police of a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.

полицейский участок
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Examples for "police headquarters"
Examples for "police headquarters"
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That square is best known as home to the city's police headquarters.
The Guardian
2
A spokesman for police headquarters said that only Lagos police could comment.
Reuters
3
Wong points out the police headquarters, often a target of the protesters.
The Guardian
4
The police headquarters in Warduj fell at around 6 p.m. it said.
Reuters
5
He had never seen the place, meaning it wasn't at police headquarters.
Layover in dubai
1
It was the first time he'd spoken since leaving the station house.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
2
Avery saw a deserted train depot and a neglected Tudor station house.
The next to die
3
Visiting the station house like our campaigning president would visit a factory.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
4
As he turned to trudge back to the station house he said.
The new yorker
5
The station house is the place to tell the rest of this.
The High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and...
1
He first went to the police office, and there explained his business.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
2
You will be willing to testify to this at the police office?
Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
3
And then the police office said we could go back but on foot.
Radio NZ
4
A plain clothes police office told a Reuters reporter to stop taking pictures.
Reuters
5
That day was an active one in Questura, or police office, of Leghorn.
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
Usage of police station in English
1
Also read: Land grab tensions continue in Hermanus after police station torched
The South African
2
I think the police station is a pretty good place to look.
Pivot Point
3
I went to the police station to open a missing person's case.
The South African
4
Information received said to the Brooklyn police station and the Pretoria Showgrounds.
The South African
5
He must also report to a police station on a daily basis.
Reuters
6
The three were later released from a local police station, it said.
Reuters
7
You have blocked her from opening a case at the police station.
The South African
8
They have been bailed to return to a south London police station.
The Irish Times
9
Yet it was exactly what he expected in a Tripoli police station.
Sign of the cross
10
The last place he'd ever think of looking is the police station.
Who killed palomino molero?
11
Then he said, I spoke to your contact in the police station.
The Godfather
12
He has been taken to a central London police station for questioning.
The Guardian
13
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, which targeted a police station.
The Irish Times
14
They also demanded a new police station be built in Booysens Park.
The South African
15
I found the number for the police station in the phone book.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
16
Four of the men were shown to journalists at a police station.
Reuters