Prison

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention, especially persons convicted of crimes.
  • n. A place or condition of confinement or forcible restraint.
  • n. A state of imprisonment or captivity.
  • v. To confine in or as if in a prison; imprison.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
  • n. Confinement in a prison.
  • n. Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
  • v. to imprison
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o� confinement, restraint, or safe custody.
  • n. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.
  • v. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
  • v. To bind (together); to enchain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place of confinement or involuntary restraint; especially, a public building for the confinement or safe custody of criminals and others committed by process of law; a jail.
  • n. A prisoner.
  • n. A public prison or penitentiary.
  • To shut up in a prison; restrain from liberty; imprison, literally or figuratively.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
  • n. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
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    enchain    prison house    dungeon    pit    jail    penitentiary    reformatory    lockup    jug    roundhouse   
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    arisen    imprison    risen   
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    jail    hospital    palace    camp    school    police    city    court    dungeon    hotel