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policestation (pluralpolice stations)

2. A building serving as theheadquarters of a branch of thepolice force, and sometimes as a temporary place ofconfinement foroffenders.

   Synonyms:(slang)cophouse,(slang)cop shop,(India)kotwali,(dated US slang)Irish clubhouse

   • 1999, Shelley Rigger, “Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972-1988)”, inPolitics in Taiwan: Voting for democracy‎^[1],Routledge,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page115:

     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 Chunglipolice station was burned.

   • 2014 August 29,Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, inThe Guardian:

     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 thepolice station.