neighbourhood watch

noun

1. a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime

Example Sentences

The neighbourhood watch was formed a few years ago following the financial crisis that hit Lebanon to reassure residents worried about crime.

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Although residents may feel reassured by the neighbourhood watch, some worry that such initiative carries echoes of the civil war, when sectarian militias controlled different areas of Beirut.

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Despite threats, intimidation and attacks on his home, the Neighbourhood Watch volunteer has spent more than 24 years patrolling his streets, determined to eradicate crime and anti-social behaviour.

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BLM rose to prominence after the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old who was shot by neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, in Florida.

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The Prime Minister's words went down well with his audience of local residents and neighbourhood watch coordinators in Essex but many told me they'd wait to see if anything changed.

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