police officen.

Brit.

/pᵿˈliːs ˌɒfɪs/,

/ˈpliːs ˌɒfɪs/, U.S.

/pəˈlis ˌɔfəs/,

/pəˈlis ˌɑfəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: police n., office n.

Etymology: < police n. + office n.

Originally: the headquarters of the police force in a city or town. Now: an office dealing with enquiries, reports of minor crimes, and other non-urgent police business. Also: (Scottish, Irish English, and U.S.) any police station.In Britain the police office originally included a courtroom in which offenders were tried, as well as a place of detention in which they were confined until trial; hence the name was formerly regularly applied to what is now called a police court.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station

police office1781

station1814

police station1820

factory1890

front office1900

cop-shop1941

law station1958

bear den1975

1781 India Gaz. 17 Feb. in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) Manjee The principal Gaut Mangies of Calcutta have entered into engagements at the Police office to supply all Persons that apply there with Boats.

1786 G. Barrett Ess. towards establishing Syst. of Police 53 60,000l. for purchasing land, and erecting a police-office.

1798 in P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames (1800) 224 (note) Under the Regulations of the Marine Police Office, No. 259, Wapping New Stairs.

1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 32/1 The account of a transaction which took place in May last, at the Police-office in Hatton-Garden.

1855 London as it is To-day 366 The City of London... There are two police offices, one in the Mansion House, where the lord mayor presides; and the other at Guildhall, where the aldermen sit in rotation.

1862 Act 25 & 26 Victoria c. 35 §19 (Scotland) And may be taken into custody..and detained in any police office or station house, or other convenient place.

1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 15 What do you mean? Put me through it? Is this a police office?

1995 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Apr. b3/2 Chief Michael D. Gambrill's message of making police offices more visible fixtures in neighborhoods.

2004 This is Dorset (Nexis) 20 Jan. A new police office on Kinson High Street where members of the public will be able to make enquiries and report crime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	police office
释义	police officen. Brit. /pᵿˈliːs ˌɒfɪs/, /ˈpliːs ˌɒfɪs/, U.S. /pəˈlis ˌɔfəs/, /pəˈlis ˌɑfəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: police n., office n. Etymology: < police n. + office n. Originally: the headquarters of the police force in a city or town. Now: an office dealing with enquiries, reports of minor crimes, and other non-urgent police business. Also: (Scottish, Irish English, and U.S.) any police station.In Britain the police office originally included a courtroom in which offenders were tried, as well as a place of detention in which they were confined until trial; hence the name was formerly regularly applied to what is now called a police court. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station police office1781 station1814 police station1820 factory1890 front office1900 cop-shop1941 law station1958 bear den1975 1781 India Gaz. 17 Feb. in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) Manjee The principal Gaut Mangies of Calcutta have entered into engagements at the Police office to supply all Persons that apply there with Boats. 1786 G. Barrett Ess. towards establishing Syst. of Police 53 60,000l. for purchasing land, and erecting a police-office. 1798 in P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames (1800) 224 (note) Under the Regulations of the Marine Police Office, No. 259, Wapping New Stairs. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 32/1 The account of a transaction which took place in May last, at the Police-office in Hatton-Garden. 1855 London as it is To-day 366 The City of London... There are two police offices, one in the Mansion House, where the lord mayor presides; and the other at Guildhall, where the aldermen sit in rotation. 1862 Act 25 & 26 Victoria c. 35 §19 (Scotland) And may be taken into custody..and detained in any police office or station house, or other convenient place. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 15 What do you mean? Put me through it? Is this a police office? 1995 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Apr. b3/2 Chief Michael D. Gambrill's message of making police offices more visible fixtures in neighborhoods. 2004 This is Dorset (Nexis) 20 Jan. A new police office on Kinson High Street where members of the public will be able to make enquiries and report crime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1781
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