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Noun: cop shop
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: police station)
  1. 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