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precinct house

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

From Salon May 13, 2025

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 spent about three hours covering unrest in St. Paul, then shifted to Minneapolis after hearing there was a new outbreak of trouble at a police precinct house there.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2020

And with some telephone calls, in less than half an hour about fifty of Temple Seven’s men of the Fruit of Islam were standing in ranks- formation outside the police precinct house.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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