PRISON
\pɹˈɪzən], \pɹˈɪzən], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n]\
Definitions of PRISON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
By Princeton University
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a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.
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Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.
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To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
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To bind (together); to enchain.
By Oddity Software
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Penal institutions, or places of confinement for war prisoners.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A jail; place of confinement.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A place of confinement; jail.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] A building for the confinement or safe custody of debtors and criminals ; -specifically, a building for the safe custody of criminals or those accused of crime ; a jail ; any place of confinement or restraint ;-in Scripture, spiritual bondage ;-a state of affliction.
