‖ Questura
(kwesˈtura)
[It. questura, f. L. quæstura the office of a quæstor: see Questore]
In Italy: the police station or headquarters; the police.
| 1907 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 4/4 He had been kicked out of the Central Questura, whither he had gone to give information, because the Neapolitan city police were in the pay of Camorrist assassins. 1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees viii. 65, I fill out a slip there for the Questura. 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell ii. 15 Charles Russell took a taxi from the questura back to his hotel. 1975 ‘D. Rutherford’ Mystery Tour vii. 149 No one leaves before the inspector from the Questura in Varese gets here. |