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precinct house

NOUN
station house
Synonyms


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Large crowds formed outside the precinct house where Smith was held.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

It is hard not to imagine that Sawant’s plea for assistance raised a few eyebrows and elicited loud guffaws at the precinct house.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

This is a police series from MTM Enterprises, set in a precinct house in a poor urban neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2022

Eric Lach: Eric Adams is like an outer-boroughs son of New York who, at age 15, was beaten in the basement of police precinct house.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2021

They have flash pictures of him leaving a downtown precinct house after his bail is posted.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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