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(n)
prison; jailhouse
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(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
(colloquial) A minor (youth); especially, synonym of juvenile delinquent.
A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.
The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
(British) Dated spelling of jail.
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
An instance of a person being jailed.
(chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
(v)
(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
(US, Canada, law) Relating to the punishment, treatment, or supervision of persons who have been convicted of a crime
The act of confining or the state of being confined.
The state of being captive.
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
(informal) A former prisoner.
(military) A person who is killed in action.
(adj)
Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
Something that is owned.
(business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
(chiefly US, Canada) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.
A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
Something that corrects or counteracts something.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
Of or relating to punishment.
The act of correcting.
Alternative form of lockup. [(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.]
(slang, with "the") prison.
A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
The interior or inner part.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
An act of stretching.
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
(slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
Life as a recluse.
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
(countable) A sudden impact or blow.
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
The condition of being free.
(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
(uncountable) The state of being free.
(computing) Initialism of intrusion prevention system.
(nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(N)
a 1982 American-New Zealand drama film directed by Peter Werner and starring Tatum O'Neal, Colin Friels and David Hemmings.
a Finnish gothic metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years.
Held in custody or confinement.
in captivity
the fifth solo studio album by American rapper Lil' Boosie.
(US, slang) A jail.
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
(US, Australia, dialect) A prison or jail/gaol.
(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
A building containing a prison.
Alternative spelling of jailer. [One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.]