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Synonyms: Noun
bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]
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The state plans to build two more prisons. He was in prison at the time. If caught, they're all going to prison. She was sent to prison for robbery. He was released from prison. He's scheduled to get out of prison next month. Her marriage became a prison to her.
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John Clyde Willis, a manager for Baker Hughes, faces up to 20 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine for the most serious charges if convicted, the statement said. — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, "Grand jury indicts oilfield company for felonies after workers say they were injured by chemical release," 12 Sep. 2019 The former Wildcat coach was sentenced in June to three months in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in the NCAA basketball federal bribery case. — Emily Caron, SI.com, "Former Arizona Assistant Book Richardson Paid $40K for Player's Eligiblity," 11 Sep. 2019 Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Scher sentenced Edwards to 12 years in state prison for her manslaughter-of-a-child conviction. — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, "Woman who cracked nephew baby’s skull gets 12 years," 11 Sep. 2019 All told, half of all adults in the United States—or about 113 million people—have seen an immediate family member go to jail or prison for at least one night. — Marie Gottschalk, The New Republic, "The Democrats’ Shameful Legacy on Crime," 11 Sep. 2019 Among the winning small-cap stocks Monday were video-game retailer GameStop, which jumped 10.4 percent, and prison operator GEO Group, which rose 2.6 percent. — BostonGlobe.com, "The S&P 500 ended virtually flat as losses in technology and health care stocks outweighed gains in financials and other sectors. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks, which has lagged the S&P 500 this year, outpaced the rest of the market.," 10 Sep. 2019 Several dozen more Ukrainian citizens, sentenced on equally spurious charges, remain in Russian prisons. — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, "The Release of Oleg Sentsov and the Plight of Those Left Behind," 10 Sep. 2019 When Cash played his first prison concert at San Quentin in 1958, a young Merle Haggard was among the inmates listening. — Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, "Love and loss at the heart of Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’," 10 Sep. 2019 As a judge in Boston prepares to sentence parents in the college admissions cheating scandal, prosecutors, defense lawyers and others are battling over unresolved questions: Is prison the right punishment? — Los Angeles Times, "In college admissions scandal a judge must decide: Does it matter how much parents paid?," 10 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prison.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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