Bailiwick

Noun bai·li·wick \ˈbā-li-ˌwik, -lē-\

Definition of Bailiwick

Origin of Bailiwick
Middle English baillifwik, from baillif + wik dwelling place, village, from Old English wīc, from Latin
vicus village — more at VICINITY 1425-75; late Middle English, equivalent to baili- bailie + wick wick
First Known Use: 15th century

Examples:

1. He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons
wanted.
2. Here was no longer any motive for occupying the bailiwick of Bergdorf when there were no
Prussians in that quarter.
3. But would she not find me, instead, and drive me out of her bailiwick?
4. Carolyn May was quite as much puzzled by that expression as she had been by bailiwick.
5. Gimpy Gordon scuttled out of my bailiwick almost on a dead run.