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neighborhood watch

NOUN
neighborhood association
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NOUN
vigilance committee
Synonyms


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He was thought of as the mosque’s neighborhood watch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

At Grails Miami, a sports bar in the Wynwood neighborhood, watch parties for Inter Miami games fill the venue, which has more than 70 TVs and capacity for 400 people, general manager Lea Stevenson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Maybe the neighborhood watch confronts you, demanding to know what you’re doing on their sidewalks.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

Fulton has been pushing for reform since her 17-year-old son was killed in a confrontation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Florida in February 2012.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

On the night of February 26, 2012, Martin had engaged in an altercation with Zimmerman, who was the neighborhood watch coordinator for the Sanford, Florida, gated community in which the confrontation took place.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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