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Prison Definition
Noun: prison pri-zun
- A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- jail, jailhouse, gaol [Brit], clink, slammer, poky, pokey, calaboose [Austral]
- A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- prison house
- A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- prison house
Usage: archaic (=imprison)
- Confine as if in a prison
"His daughters are virtually prisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone";
- imprison
- (law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
"The suspects were prisoned without trial";
- imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug [N. Amer], gaol [Brit], put away, remand
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