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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| jailhouse | /x | Noun, Noun |
| gaol | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| imprison | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| lag | / | Verb, Noun |
| remand | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| jug | / | Noun, Noun |
| clink | / | Noun, Noun |
| put away | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| bail | / | Noun |
| probation | x/x | Noun |
| jailer | /x | Noun |
| lockup | /x | Noun |
| arrested | x/x | Verb |
| courthouse | /x | Noun |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| gulag | /x | Noun |
| handcuffs | /x | Noun |
| sentenced | /x | Verb |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| warden | /x | Noun |
| hospital | /xx | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| stockade | /x | Noun |
| convict | /x | Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| warders | /x | Noun |
| courtroom | /x | Noun |
| exile | /x | Noun |
| house arrest | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| correctional institution | x/xxxx/x | Name, Name |
| correctional facility | x/xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| cell | / | Noun |
| retention | x/x | Noun |
| joint | / | Noun |
| concentration camp | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| police station | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| bastille | /x | Name |
| prison camp | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun |
| house of correction | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bailey | /x | Name |
| penal colony | /x/xx | Name, Name |
| lockdown | /x | Noun |
| black hole | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| asylum | x/x | Noun |
| camp | / | Noun |
| big house | // | Name, Name |
| coop | / | Noun |
| solitary confinement | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hell | / | Noun |
| limbo | /x | Noun |
| home | / | Noun |
| station | /x | Noun |
| icebox | /x | Noun |
| precinct | /x | Noun |
| venue | /x | Noun |
| roundhouse | /x | Noun |
| quarantine | /xx | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun |
| guardhouse | /x | Noun |
| sanctuary | /xxx | Noun |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| compound | /x | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| reform school | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| domiciliary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| dungeon | /x | Noun |
| counter | /x | Noun |
| infirmary | x/xx | Noun |
| house of refuge | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| boob | / | Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| house | / | Noun |
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
| block | / | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| shelter | /x | Noun |
| death row | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| impound | x/ | Noun |
| chapel | /x | Noun |
| domicile | xx/ | Noun |
| commissary | /xxx | Noun |
| barrack | /x | Noun |
| way station | x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| halfway house | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| abode | x/ | Noun |
| seclusion | x/x | Noun |
| orphanage | /xx | Noun |
| lair | / | Noun |
| hiding place | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| quod | / | Noun, Verb |
| ward | / | Noun |
| death camp | // | Phrase, Noun |
| lodging | /x | Noun |
| hock | / | Noun |
| illegible | x/xx | Noun |
| gestapo | x/x | Adjective |
| almshouse | xx | Noun |
| broke | / | Adjective |
| poorhouse | /x | Noun |
| stints | / | Noun |
| languishing | /xx | Verb |
| spent | / | Noun |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| carted | /x | Verb |
| madhouse | /x | Noun |
| rot | / | Verb, Noun |
| stinking | /x | Adjective |
| ordeals | x/ | Noun |
| overcrowded | /xxx | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| hustled | /x | Verb |
| makeshift | /x | Adjective |
| filthy | /x | Adjective |
| airframe | /x | Noun |
| attica | /xx | Name |
| author | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bait | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| basket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bathhouse | /x | Noun |
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blithe | / | Adjective, Name |
| blockhouse | /x | Noun |
| brig | / | Noun, Verb |
| brothel | /x | Noun |
| buttocks | /x | Noun |
| cabin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| campus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| canteen | x/ | Noun |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| change | / | Noun, Verb |
| chino | /x | Name |
| church | / | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| county | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| depot | /x | Noun |
| detained | x/ | Noun |
| detainee | xx/ | Noun |
| disenchanted | xx/x | Adjective |
| dive | / | Noun, Verb |
| dump | / | Noun, Verb |
| elephant | /xx | Noun |
| elizabethan | xxx/x | Name, Adjective |
| encampment | x/x | Noun |
| everything | /xx | Noun |
| fabled | /x | Adjective |
| fabulous | /xx | Adjective |
| foxhole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| graveyard | /x | Noun |
| hellhole | /x | Noun |
| hen | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| ives | / | Name |
| liberty | /xx | Noun |
| list | / | Noun, Verb |
| lock | / | Noun, Verb |
| nick | / | Name, Verb |
| peephole | /x | Noun |
| pen | / | Noun, Verb |
| plate | / | Noun, Verb |
| pokey | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| police | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| restroom | /x | Noun |
| retiring | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| shack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sheet | / | Noun, Verb |
| slam | / | Noun, Verb |
| stir | / | Verb, Noun |
| stretch | / | Noun, Verb |
| thief | / | Noun |
| time | / | Noun, Verb |
| zoo | / | Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
