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police_box

police box

English

Noun

police box ‎(plural police boxes)

(chiefly Britain, dated) a telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. Currently, the city of Glasgow (Scotland) has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control room operator.
a small community police station, a koban.

Related terms

Terms derived from police (noun)

Translations

police box

Chinese:
Mandarin: 派出所 (zh) ‎(pàichūsuǒ)
German: Polizei-Zelle f, Polizeiwache (de) f, Polizei-Box m
Japanese: 交番 (ja) ‎(こうばん, kōban), 派出所 (ja) ‎(はしゅつじょ, hashutsujo), ポリスボックス ‎(porisubokkusu), 駐在所 ‎(ちゅうざいしょ, chūzaisho)

Russian: полице́йский пост m ‎(policéjskij post), полице́йская бу́дка f ‎(policéjskaja búdka), (in Russia) милице́йский пост m ‎(milicéjskij post), милице́йская бу́дка f ‎(milicéjskaja búdka), милице́йский уча́сток m ‎(milicéjskij učástok)
Thai: ป้อมตำรวจ ‎(bpôm tamruat)

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