noun
plural -cincts
[count] US :any one of the sections that a town or city is divided into when people vote in an election
US
any one of the sections that a city is divided into for organizing the city's police forces
a police station of a precinct
Brit :an area in a town or city where people may walk and vehicles are not allowed
the area that is near or around a place - usually plural; often + of
US