Noun: cop shop
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: police station)
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: police station)
- 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
"The suspect was taken to the cop shop for questioning";
- police station, police headquarters, station house [N. Amer]
Derived forms: cop shops
Type of: station