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police station

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders
  2. A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.

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Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

police tape police van police village police violence police wagon police work

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