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English
Noun
police box (plural police boxes)
- (chiefly British, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.
- A small community police station; a koban.
Translations
police box
- Bengali: পুলিশ বক্স (puliś bokśo)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 派出所 (zh) (pàichūsuǒ)
- Danish: politikiosk
- French: cabine de police f
- German: Polizei-Zelle f, Polizeiwache (de) f, Polizei-Box m
- Icelandic: lögregluklefi
- 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 (ja) (ちゅうざいしょ, chūzaisho)
- Norwegian: politiboks
- 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)
- Swedish: poliskiosk c
- Thai: ป้อมตำรวจ (bpɔ̂m-dtam-rùuat)
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