City and Precinct

City

City noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.

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Precinct and city are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precinct" instead a noun "City".

Precinct noun - A region of activity, knowledge, or influence.

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City and precinct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "City" instead a noun "Precinct".

old	old city	old precinct
full	full city	full precinct
original	original city	original precinct
corrupt	corrupt city	corrupt precinct
Other adjectives: small, entire, new, major, former, fictional, titular, last, nearest, eponymous.

Question: Do police officers pay for their uniforms, or are they provided by the precinct/city government/etc.?

Source: Magic Pants / Comic Books
The people of Candytown (Konfektburg) bought him off by offering him a precinct of the city and a large portion of Marmalade Grove.

Source: Literature / The Nutcracker
The Tokyo Fireball: The movie opens with a major precinct of Tokyo collapsing and being cut off from the rest of the city because of an earthquake caused by demons.

Source: Literature / Demon City Shinjuku

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