Look up: Prison

1. prison
   [n] - a prisonlike situation 2. [n] - a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
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2. Prison
   Pris'on noun [ French, from Latin prehensio , prensio , a seizing, arresting, from prehendre , prendere , to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile , and confer Prize , noun , Mispri...
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3. Prison
   Pris'on transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Prisoned ; present participle & verbal noun Prisoning .] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to rest...
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4. prison
   prison house noun a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
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5. prison
   prison house noun a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
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6. Prison
   • (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody. • (v. t.) To bind (together); to enchain. • (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others commi...
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7. Prison
   (from the article `Bergman, Ingmar`) ...the young in a changing society, ill-fated young love, and military service. At the end of 1948 he directed his first film based on an original ...
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8. prison
   an institution for the confinement of persons who have been remanded (held) in custody by a judicial authority or who have been deprived of their ... [20 related articles]
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9. prison
   prison, place of confinement for the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals. By the end of the 18th cent. imprisonment was the chief mode of punishment for all but capital crimes. At that time, largely as a result of the writings of Cesare Beccaria in Italy and John Howard and others in England,...
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10. Prison
    A correctional, detention, or penal facility. 18 USC A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any ...
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11. prison
    Click images to enlargePlace of confinement for those accused or convicted of contravening the laws of the state; after conviction, most countries claim to aim also at rehabilitation and deterrence as well as punishment. For major crimes, life imprisonment (or death in some countries or US states; see capital puni...
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12. Prison
    A `prison` (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. `Imprisonment` or `incarceration` is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime. Other terms are penitentiary, co...
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