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Bookmark or Share- Precinct - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comA precinct is an area of town marked off for official purposes, often to vote, or to organize the police force. When a cop hears of a crime that's happening in her precinct, she knows to hop in her car and head over there. The word precinct comes from the Latin precinctum meaning "enclosure, boundary line."
- PRECINCTS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comPrecincts definition: the surrounding region or area. See examples of PRECINCTS used in a sentence.
- Precinct - definition of precinct by The Free Dictionarya. an enclosed area or building marked by a fixed boundary such as a wall. b. such a boundary. 2. (Human Geography) an area in a town, often closed to traffic, that is designed or reserved for a particular purpose: a shopping precinct; pedestrian precinct. 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
- Find Your Precinct and Sector - NYPD - NYC.govNew York City is divided into 77 police precincts, and each precinct is divided into sectors that correspond, as much as possible, with the boundaries of actual established neighborhoods. Enter your address into the map below to find your precinct and sector.
- precinct noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...[usually plural] (formal) the area around a place or a building, sometimes surrounded by a wall. the cathedral/college precincts. within the precincts of the castle. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. See precinct in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: precinct.
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