prison
has definitions from the field of law
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[ noun ] (law) a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
Synonyms Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Instead , retailers would sign a certificate of correctness , violation of which would carry a penalty of one to five years in prison , plus a $ 1000 fine . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Mr._Christiansen knows that a soldier will get the Distinguished_Service_Medal for conduct that would land him in prison for life or the electric_chair as a civilian . Related terms correctional_institution camp state_prison college chokey panopticon cellblock |
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[ noun ] a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
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