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单词 watch-house
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Definition of watch-house in English:

watch-house

noun
Australian, NZ
  • A building, typically attached to a police station, in which people suspected of a crime are held under temporary arrest.

    I rang the police straightaway and they came out and they took him away to the watch-house
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The man was charged with serious assault and taken into custody at the police watch-house.
    • He was subdued with capsicum spray before being restrained by police, arrested and taken to the watch-house.
    • His friends started the investigation into his death in the watchhouse.
    • The prisoner was transported back to the Bundaberg Police Station watch-house after the incident.
    • The watch-house is under the care of the warden.
    • Another makeshift court session will take place in the police watchhouse.
    • He was arrested and placed in the city watch-house before Monday's court appearance.
    • The police fled, and in quick time the watch house was wrecked.
    • The prisoner had suffered a ruptured liver and a ruptured portal vein in a watchhouse scuffle.
    • He was held at the Brisbane watch-house without charge.
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