police headquarters
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2.9
- noun
- /pəˈlis ˈhɛdˌkwɔːrtərz/
:
jefatura de policía
- I tried him first at police headquarters, but was told he had left for the night.
City halls closed, police headquarters is evacuated.
- City halls closed, police headquarters is evacuated.
- Sadly, you know, 'cause is then brought to Thai police headquarters, kept in a jail there forth the next week.
Examples
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He wants you to go to police headquarters to make a statement.
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Half an hour later, Lou arrived at his office at police headquarters.
Fiction book (1992) -
We now go live to police headquarters.
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We're not going to police headquarters, are we?
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Well, drive me to police headquarters.
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On my break, I ran to police headquarters a few blocks away.
Fiction book (1997) -
The other passengers were reported to have been taken by bus to police headquarters, held, and questioned.
Blog text (14) -
They'll want to interview Allen down at police headquarters when he makes bail.
Fiction book (2000) -
Next up, Channel 7's Meredith MacKenzie, reporting from police headquarters.
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A news conference was scheduled for 7 a.m. at police headquarters in New Haven.
Synonyms
407
3.0
The main office where a company or group makes important decisions
157
1.0
A building where police work, hold arrested people, and take crime reports
21
3.8
A building where police officers work and keep people they arrest
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'police' (law-enforcement organization) modifies 'headquarters' (primary administrative center), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'the main office of the police'. This modifier+noun pattern and the concept of an organization's headquarters are cross-linguistically common, supporting full transparency.
Etymology
Police headquarters comes from the idea that the word headquarters means the 'head' or main place where police leaders have their 'quarters'. So it means the main building where police work and where officers are sent from.