Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word police-office.

Examples

  • A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Pakistan Blast Kills 13 2010

  • ISLAMABAD — A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Deadly Blast Rocks Lahore Rehmat Mehsud 2010

  • ISLAMABAD — A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Deadly Blast Rocks Lahore Rehmat Mehsud 2010

  • A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Pakistan Blast Kills 13 2010

  • ISLAMABAD — A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Deadly Blast Rocks Lahore Rehmat Mehsud 2010

  • A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Pakistan Blast Kills 13 2010

  • ISLAMABAD — A suspected Islamist suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a federal police-office building during rush hour in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people, an attack that marked a renewal of assaults on major urban government installations that had abated in recent months.

    Deadly Blast Rocks Lahore Rehmat Mehsud 2010

  • But no Tom came back to Mr. Grimes that evening; and he went to the police-office, to tell them to look out for the boy.

    The Water Babies 2007

  • Mr. Chib then presented himself amid tremendous cheering, and said, that not to shrink from the discharge of his painful duty, he must now move that both honourable gentlemen be taken into custody by the beadle, and conveyed to the nearest police-office, there to be held to bail.

    Reprinted Pieces 2007

  • ‘And the country will be well rid of such a villain!’ says my Lord, retreating too, and not sorry to get out of my reach: and the scoundrel of a lawyer followed him, leaving me in possession of the apartment, and in company of the bullies from the police-office, who were all armed to the teeth.

    The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.