Cophouse

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A police station. slang

    "Public security is one of the services still under military control, as I discovered in Beijing when I and another colleague inadvertently ended up in the local cophouse."

Synonyms

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police stationpolice station

Example

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"Public security is one of the services still under military control, as I discovered in Beijing when I and another colleague inadvertently ended up in the local cophouse."

Etymology

From cop + house.

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police station

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