police station

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The headquarters of a unit of a police force, where those under arrest are first charged.

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• noun A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force.

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• noun 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