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- noun chiefly UK, dated a
telephone kiosk where members of thepublic maytelephone thepolice ; a few original boxes still exist inBritain , but they do not operate. Currently, the city ofGlasgow (Scotland) has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control room operator. - noun a small community police station, a
koban .
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