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Synonyms for precinct
ˈpri sɪŋktprecinct

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. precinct

    Synonyms:
    purlieus, environs, limit, bounds, boundary, confine, district

    Antonyms:
    heart, centre, nucleus

Princeton's WordNet

  1. precinctnoun

    a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. precinctnoun

    Synonyms:
    limit, confine, bound, boundary, border, frontier, marches

  2. precinctnoun

    Synonyms:
    district, territorial division

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "precinct":

    cité, cited, quoted, district, city, commissariat

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#789district
#2110limit
#5176boundary
#5663cited
#6224quoted
#7982cite
#11459bounds
#15388precinct
#36343confine
#36764environs
#115416commissariat

How to use precinct in a sentence?

  1. Chuck Laudner:

    You have to convince them there's no secret handshake, we have so many supporters out there that we have to train if they're going to be caucus captains and take charge in their precinct.

  2. Eric Adams:

    At the precinct level, someone comes in for a petty theft, we're at the policing level, you identify that they have a mental health issue, instead of locking them up -- let's defer prosecution, let's have a local community-based organization that deals with mental health illnesses handle it right at the precinct -- that's the coordination that we need, there's no reason to put someone( with) mental health illness in Rikers Island, Rikers Island's Rikers Island.

  3. New York:

    We have encouraged our parishes to be in touch with their local precinct or police department/sheriff’s office (depending on location) about this, and most parishes already have a good relationship with their local law enforcement.

  4. Supreme Court:

    As with the out-of-precinct policy, the modest evidence of racially disparate burdens caused by HB 2023, in light of the State’s justifications, leads us to the conclusion that the law does not violate §2 of the VRA.

  5. Carol Anderson:

    What's built into this is the inequality of the system itself, you know that somebody who is Black or Hispanic will not be able to go up into an all-White precinct and start challenging those voters without having a massive law-enforcement response.


Translations for precinct

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  • منطقةArabic
  • περίβολοςGreek
  • recintoSpanish
  • poliisipiiri, piiri, vaalipiiri, jalankulkualue, vaalialueFinnish
  • arrondissement de commune, canton, district, bureau, enceinteFrench
  • मेंडHindi
  • 구내Korean
  • incintăRomanian
  • территория, округ, избирательный участок, район, избирательный округRussian
  • polisstationSwedish
  • บริเวณThai
  • phườngVietnamese
  • 管理区Chinese

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