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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| jail | / | Noun |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| gaol | x/ | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| imprison | x/x | Verb |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| jailhouse | /x | Noun |
| gulag | /x | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| probation | x/x | Noun |
| warden | /x | Noun |
| warders | /x | Noun |
| jailers | /x | Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| correction | x/x | Noun |
| convicts | /x | Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| penal | /x | Name |
| exile | /x | Noun |
| stockade | /x | Noun |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| sentenced | /x | Verb |
| hospital | /xx | Noun |
| lockup | /x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| correctional institution | x/xxxx/x | Name, Name |
| house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| correctional facility | x/xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| cell | / | Noun |
| concentration camp | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| solitary confinement | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| prison camp | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| police station | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| black hole | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| penal colony | /x/xx | Name, Name |
| retention | x/x | Noun |
| bastille | /x | Name |
| house arrest | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hole | / | Noun |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| camp | / | Noun |
| death camp | // | Phrase, Noun |
| house of correction | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| asylum | x/x | Noun |
| big house | // | Name, Name |
| death row | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| joint | / | Noun |
| reform school | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| compound | /x | Noun |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| dungeon | /x | Noun |
| lockdown | /x | Noun |
| block | / | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun |
| bailey | /x | Name |
| precinct | /x | Noun |
| sanctuary | /xxx | Noun |
| guardhouse | /x | Noun |
| orphanage | /xx | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun |
| quarantine | /xx | Noun |
| boob | / | Noun |
| roundhouse | /x | Noun |
| home | / | Noun |
| shelter | /x | Noun |
| seclusion | x/x | Noun |
| limbo | /x | Noun |
| coop | / | Noun |
| sanatorium | /x/xx | Noun |
| icebox | /x | Noun |
| chapel | /x | Noun |
| cloister | /x | Noun |
| commissary | /xxx | Noun |
| lock | / | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| infirmary | x/xx | Noun |
| house of refuge | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| station | /x | Noun |
| counter | /x | Noun |
| chain gang | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hock | / | Noun |
| insane asylum | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| panopticon | /xxx | Noun |
| furnace | /x | Noun |
| site | / | Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| room | / | Noun |
| halfway house | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| newgate | /x | Adjective, Name |
| riot | /x | Adverb |
| broke | / | Adjective |
| committal | x/x | Noun |
| madhouse | /x | Noun |
| notebooks | /x | Verb |
| languishing | /xx | Verb |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| overcrowding | /xxx | Verb |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| felons | /x | Noun |
| notorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| leavenworth | /xx | Name |
| escapes | x/ | Noun |
| provost | /x | Adjective |
| keeper | /x | Noun |
| get | / | Adjective |
| rot | / | Verb |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| stint | / | Noun |
| dank | / | Adjective |
| storming | /x | Noun |
| carted | /x | Verb |
| release | x/ | Noun |
| armory | /xx | Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| attica | /xx | Name |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrack | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blockhouse | /x | Noun |
| brig | / | Noun, Verb |
| brothel | /x | Noun |
| bully | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bunker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| centre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chino | /x | Name |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| clink | / | Noun, Verb |
| college | /x | Noun |
| confine | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| conscript | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| county | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| detained | x/ | Noun |
| detainee | xx/ | Noun |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| dockyard | /x | Noun |
| dutch | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| easement | /x | Noun |
| encampment | x/x | Noun |
| entrapment | x/x | Noun |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| factory | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fortress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| freedom | /x | Noun |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| gendarmerie | /xxx | Noun |
| graveyard | /x | Noun |
| guard | / | Noun, Verb |
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| internment | x/x | Noun |
| ips | / | Noun, Adjective |
| ives | / | Name |
| liberty | /xx | Noun |
| monastery | /xxx | Noun |
| monastic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| monk | / | Noun, Verb |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| pen | / | Noun, Verb |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| pokey | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| possession | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| remand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| scary | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| servitude | /xx | Noun |
| slam | / | Noun, Verb |
| state prison | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| stir | / | Verb, Noun |
| stretch | / | Noun, Verb |
| term | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| time | / | Noun, Verb |
| wall | / | Noun, Verb |
| ward | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
