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Noun: station house
Usage: N. Amer
  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 station house for questioning";
    - police station, police headquarters, cop shop [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: station houses

Type of: station

Encyclopedia: Station house