Precinct
noun
A particular area of a city or country established for police control.
The robbery happened in our local police precinct.
Often appears as...
- police precinct
- local precinct
noun
A district of a city or town as defined for electoral purposes.
He won in every precinct except one.
Often appears as...
- voting precinct
- electoral precinct
noun
An enclosed area or building marked off for a specific purpose.
The college's academic precinct was designed to encourage interdisciplinary interaction.
Often appears as...
- shopping precinct
- academic precinct
noun
A particular area of a city or country established for police control.
The robbery happened in our local police precinct.
Often appears as...
- police precinct
- local precinct
noun
A district of a city or town as defined for electoral purposes.
He won in every precinct except one.
Often appears as...
- voting precinct
- electoral precinct
noun
An enclosed area or building marked off for a specific purpose.
The college's academic precinct was designed to encourage interdisciplinary interaction.
Often appears as...
- shopping precinct
- academic precinct
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Police Jurisdiction
Indicates the specific area a police department is responsible for.
If you're outside the precinct, call the county sheriff.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Building
Refers to an area, not necessarily a physical police station building.
They increased patrols throughout the precinct.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Ground
May be used to suggest a shared area or community in conversations.
We're all from the same precinct, so we look out for each other.
Pro Tip 1/3Police Jurisdiction
Indicates the specific area a police department is responsible for.
If you're outside the precinct, call the county sheriff.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Building
Refers to an area, not necessarily a physical police station building.
They increased patrols throughout the precinct.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Ground
May be used to suggest a shared area or community in conversations.
We're all from the same precinct, so we look out for each other.
Pro Tip 1/3Police Jurisdiction
Indicates the specific area a police department is responsible for.
If you're outside the precinct, call the county sheriff.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Building
Refers to an area, not necessarily a physical police station building.
They increased patrols throughout the precinct.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Ground
May be used to suggest a shared area or community in conversations.
We're all from the same precinct, so we look out for each other.
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Parking Lot Drug Bust PIPE...
and then the male will have some firearms charges as well. Everybody did what they were supposed to do. You know, it went as fluid as it could have, and, you know, we took a large quantity of methamphetamine off the street. Right now, we're just going down to the precinct. I'll see if-- about getting a test kit.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
But anyway, the cops down at the precinct charged Chuck with receiving stolen property. And then a juvenile judge, a few days later, charged Tim, age 11, with accessory to receiving a stolen property and then he was placed on three years of probation.
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Parking Lot Drug Bust PIPE...
and then the male will have some firearms charges as well. Everybody did what they were supposed to do. You know, it went as fluid as it could have, and, you know, we took a large quantity of methamphetamine off the street. Right now, we're just going down to the precinct. I'll see if-- about getting a test kit.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
But anyway, the cops down at the precinct charged Chuck with receiving stolen property. And then a juvenile judge, a few days later, charged Tim, age 11, with accessory to receiving a stolen property and then he was placed on three years of probation.
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Quote examples
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
When we advocate for violence against women to be eliminated on campuses, we say, 'Well, actually, it's not just on campuses we have to worry about.' We might have to worry about high schools. We might have to worry about police precincts and cars. We might have to worry about public housing.
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Sharon Gless
American Actress
The way they were writing Christine as this older woman who got married, which she shouldn't have. Obviously got divorced right away. Reached the glass ceiling in the police precinct. So there is a part of her that died because she knows she couldn't go any farther.
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Daniel J. Evans
American Politician
We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early.
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Pat Robertson
American Clergyman
It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts, and make the telephone calls, and do all the so-called grunt work that brings about a successful campaign.
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Jed Mercurio
British Writer
I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives a workplace its distinctive identity is really important to creating something which feels different.
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Leonard Cohen
Canadian Singer
Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.
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Samira Wiley
American Actress
Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
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David Shields
American Author
I believe in copyright, within limited precincts. But I also believe in fair use, public domain, and especially transformation.
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Dana Loesch
American Activist
On my show, I often discuss all the ways one can get involved politically on a local level, precincts, et al.
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Danny Pino
American Actor
I went to the actual SVU precinct... and got a really good sense of what it was like.
Quote examples
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
When we advocate for violence against women to be eliminated on campuses, we say, 'Well, actually, it's not just on campuses we have to worry about.' We might have to worry about high schools. We might have to worry about police precincts and cars. We might have to worry about public housing.
Quote examples
Sharon Gless
American Actress
The way they were writing Christine as this older woman who got married, which she shouldn't have. Obviously got divorced right away. Reached the glass ceiling in the police precinct. So there is a part of her that died because she knows she couldn't go any farther.
Quote examples
Daniel J. Evans
American Politician
We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early.
Quote examples
Pat Robertson
American Clergyman
It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts, and make the telephone calls, and do all the so-called grunt work that brings about a successful campaign.
Quote examples
Jed Mercurio
British Writer
I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives a workplace its distinctive identity is really important to creating something which feels different.
Quote examples
Leonard Cohen
Canadian Singer
Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.
Quote examples
Samira Wiley
American Actress
Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
Quote examples
David Shields
American Author
I believe in copyright, within limited precincts. But I also believe in fair use, public domain, and especially transformation.
Quote examples
Dana Loesch
American Activist
On my show, I often discuss all the ways one can get involved politically on a local level, precincts, et al.
Quote examples
Danny Pino
American Actor
I went to the actual SVU precinct... and got a really good sense of what it was like.
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