Definition of watch-house in English:

watch-house

noun

Australian, NZ

单词	watch-house
释义	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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