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prison (noun)

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  • prison — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ federal ▪ overcrowded ▪ high security (esp. BrE), maximum security (esp. AmE), supermax (AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

  • prison — ► NOUN ▪ a building for the confinement of criminals or those awaiting trial. ORIGIN Old French prisun, from Latin prehendere lay hold of …   English terms dictionary

  • prison house — noun 1. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑prison • Hypernyms: ↑situation, ↑state of affairs 2. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment • S …   Useful english dictionary

  • prison visitor — noun Someone who visits prisoners in jail as a voluntary service • • • Main Entry: ↑prison * * * prison visitor UK US noun [countable] [singular prison visitor plural …   Useful english dictionary

  • prison camp — noun 1. a camp for prisoners of war (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑internment camp, ↑prisoner of war camp, ↑POW camp • Hypernyms: ↑camp • Hyponyms: ↑gulag …   Useful english dictionary

  • prison — pris·on n: an institution usu. under state control for confinement of persons serving sentences for serious crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup …   Law dictionary

  • prison bars — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : prisoner s base * * * prison bars plural noun 1. The bars of a prison window, door, etc 2. Whatever confines or restrains 3. (as sing) prisoners base • • • Main Entry: ↑prison …   Useful english dictionary

  • prison officer — noun The official title of a warder (still so called unofficially) in prison • • • Main Entry: ↑prison …   Useful english dictionary

  • prison-breaking — noun an escape from jail the breakout was carefully planned • Syn: ↑break, ↑breakout, ↑jailbreak, ↑gaolbreak, ↑prisonbreak • Derivationally related forms: ↑break out ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • prison chaser — noun a prison guard; particularly one who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty A prison chaser is a soldier assigned to the task of guarding military prisoners who have been assigned and are performing fatigue detail …   Wiktionary

  • prison — early 12c., from O.Fr. prisoun prison, imprisonment (11c.), altered (by influence of pris taken; see PRIZE (Cf. prize) (2)) from earlier preson, from L. prensionem (nom. prensio), shortening of prehensionem (nom. *prehensio) a taking, noun of… …   Etymology dictionary

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