precinct

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  1. noun A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
  2. noun The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
  3. noun An election district of a city or town.
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  • Every time I walk into the precinct, his name admonishes me from the board. —  Beach Road
  • "I'll call the precinct," he yelled as she leapt down the stairs, hair a red cloud around her head. —  The Bone Collector
  • Witt warns that people should call the precinct before stopping by to ensure that the discs are available. —  The Seattle Times
  • Installed at every precinct, they are not vote counters, but rather a sort of printer into which a standard ballot is inserted, and the voter then reads options and makes commands on a touch screen or with a toggle control. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
  • If a recount fails to match machine results from a precinct, then we have an indication that something is wrong. —  Democracy for New Hampshire - Growing the grassroots in New Hampshire's political landscape
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  1. Middle English precincte, a defined district or area, from Medieval Latin praecīnctum, from Latin, neuter past participle of praecingere, to encircle : prae-, pre- + cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Portuguese Italian precinto, from Middle Latin præcinctum, circuit, boundary line, from Latin præcinctus, a girding, from præcingere, past participle præcinctus, gird, gird about, from præ, before, + cingere, surround, gird: see cincture.
 

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