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prison
[ priz-uhn ]
noun
- a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.
prison
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial See also jail penitentiary reformatory
- any place of confinement or seeming confinement
Other 51Թ Forms
- o· adjective
- Dz·o adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prison1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prison1
Example Sentences
Officers at the Amador County prison found Robert E. Cole unresponsive in his cell at about 6:30 a.m., according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
When Megan Ross was 14 years old, she opened some letters her dad had sent her from prison.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
If convicted, Mr Chambers could face three to 15 years in prison for each lese-majeste count.
One of the mayor's own lawyers was detained briefly "on fictitious grounds", according to a social media post that Ekrem Imamoglu sent from his cell in a high security prison.
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