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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| locking | /x | Noun, Noun |
| jail | / | Noun |
| lockdown | /x | Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| gaol | x/ | Noun |
| jailhouse | /x | Noun |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| clamping | /x | Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| bail | / | Noun |
| shutdown | /x | Noun |
| shutoff | /x | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| warden | /x | Noun |
| crash | / | Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun |
| locker | /x | Noun |
| pokey | /x | Noun |
| idling | /xx | Verb |
| stockade | /x | Noun |
| brake | / | Noun |
| escape | x/ | Noun |
| reset | x/ | Noun |
| stall | / | Noun |
| booting | /x | Noun |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| parolee | xx/ | Noun |
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
| limbo | /x | Noun |
| cell | / | Noun |
| icebox | /x | Noun |
| black hole | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| joint | / | Noun |
| lockout | /x | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun |
| big house | // | Name, Name |
| coop | / | Noun |
| block | / | Noun |
| camp | / | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun |
| house arrest | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| correctional institution | x/xxxx/x | Name, Name |
| retention | x/x | Noun |
| roundhouse | /x | Noun |
| prison camp | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| quarantine | /xx | Noun |
| house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| lockbox | /x | Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| bastille | /x | Name |
| guardhouse | /x | Noun |
| solitary confinement | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| correctional facility | x/xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| hock | / | Noun |
| glasshouse | /x | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| boob | / | Noun |
| breakout | /x | Noun |
| safety | /x | Noun |
| compound | /x | Noun |
| loony bin | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gulag | /x | Noun |
| shut | / | Verb |
| barrack | /x | Noun |
| bubble | /x | Noun |
| hideout | /x | Noun |
| safe | / | Adjective |
| bailey | /x | Name |
| cubby | /x | Noun |
| cellar | /x | Noun |
| pent | / | Noun |
| fours | / | Noun |
| precinct | /x | Noun |
| death row | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| hang | / | Verb |
| cubicle | /xx | Noun |
| panopticon | /xxx | Noun |
| concentration camp | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hell | / | Noun |
| pound | / | Noun |
| seclusion | x/x | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| chain gang | // | Phrase, Noun |
| threes | / | Noun |
| impound | x/ | Noun |
| house of correction | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| twos | / | Noun |
| padded cell | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| weight | / | Verb |
| speed | / | Verb |
| rear | / | Adjective |
| juvenile | /xx | Adjective |
| door | / | Noun |
| night | / | Noun |
| federal | /xx | Adjective |
| days | / | Noun |
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective |
| prevents | x/ | Verb |
| thrown | / | Verb |
| spent | / | Verb |
| local | /x | Adjective |
| way | / | Noun |
| released | x/ | Verb |
| central | /x | Adjective |
| transferred | x/ | Verb |
| put | / | Verb |
| time | / | Noun |
| complete | x/ | Adjective |
| occurs | x/ | Verb |
| kept | / | Verb |
| taken | /x | Verb |
| cause | / | Verb |
| placed | / | Verb |
| sent | / | Verb |
| airframe | /x | Noun |
| blockade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| blockage | /x | Noun |
| brig | / | Noun, Verb |
| cafeteria | xx/xx | Noun |
| camera | /xx | Noun |
| combination | xx/x | Noun |
| combined | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| combo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| courtroom | /x | Noun |
| depot | /x | Noun |
| dump | / | Noun, Verb |
| elevator | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| embargo | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| gating | /x | Noun |
| gym | / | Noun, Verb |
| gymnasium | x/xx | Noun |
| hospital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| imprison | x/x | Verb |
| infirmary | x/xx | Noun |
| lounge | / | Noun, Verb |
| merged | / | Adjective |
| mixed | / | Adjective |
| morgue | / | Noun |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| office | /x | Noun, Verb |
| preparatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| probation | x/x | Noun |
| reservation | xx/x | Noun |
| showroom | /x | Noun, Verb |
| slam | / | Noun, Verb |
| stalemate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| storeroom | /x | Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
