From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcommissariatcom‧mis‧sar‧i‧at /ˌkɒməˈseəriət $ ˌkɑːməˈser-/ noun [countable] PMa military department that is responsible for supplying food
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commissariat• Is this an army or a commissariat?• I found the telephone number for the commissariat de police.• There are also plans for the commissariat to help out the large but troubled medical electronics firm Compangnie Générale de Radiologie.• One was left to imagine the scene being played out inside the commissariat and the events which had led up to this incident.• No doubt all three ladies will have participated in many scenes such as the one recently overheard through the open window of the commissariat. 