prison
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈprɪzən/
:
prisión
- She was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the robbery.
- go to prison
- prison sentence
- prison inmates
And he didn't go to prison or lose his mansion.
- And he didn't go to prison or lose his mansion.
- When I first went to prison, I've been twice.
- So he was in his standard issue prison grey tracksuit.
- Otherwise we would empty the prisons of almost everyone.
- Only bad guys went to prison, right?
- He said, Danny, the federal prison system is a business.
- So you come out of prison, you have zero credit.
- They knew that it was bullshit, but the Prison Service has to act.
- It takes place in a woman's prison, Litchfield.
- The man was released from prison about four years ago.
- So I've been thinking about prisons since I was a teenager.
- The biggest breeding come from the prison, from institution.
- We have people in jail, in prisons for the behavior.
- Girl, I'm going to prison and I am illiterate.
Examples
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After more than two decades in prison, he has a large gap in his resume.
Academic text (2011) -
Because there were only two Wisconsin prisons, both were selected for case study data collection.
Academic text (2013) -
The man was released from prison about four years ago.
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Well, you know, it took going to prison for all of them.
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Only bad guys went to prison, right?
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I just got out of prison last week.
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I cannot let an innocent man rot in prison.
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Shakira could be facing eight years in prison for tax fraud.
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The court sentenced him to fifteen months in prison for illegal possession of explosives.
Academic text (2012) -
And we put people in prisons for doing unjust things.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for their trial
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7.9
A prison for people found guilty of serious crimes
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4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
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9.4
An informal word for prison where people serve time
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4.3
A prison run by a state government for people found guilty of serious crimes
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5.3
A camp where guards keep people against their will, often during war
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4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
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8.9
A building that holds people as punishment for a crime
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4.9
A place where people who broke the law are kept as punishment or while they wait for trial
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6.3
A place like a prison where people are kept as punishment for crimes
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6.8
A place in the countryside where people who broke the law live and work on farms
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4.1
A place where people found guilty of crimes are kept and given help to change their behaviour
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4.6
A building where people are held as punishment or while waiting for trial
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6.0
A building that holds people as punishment for crimes to protect the public
Idioms
- Literature
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9.3
A situation that keeps a person trapped by their own choices
Compounds
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6.5
A religious leader who works in a prison and gives religious help to prisoners
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prison comes from the old verb prehendere meaning 'to take', and the same idea appears in apprehend, which is about taking someone. So a prison is literally a place where people are 'taken' and kept as punishment.