big house

slang

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Noun
  • North Little Rock police officer Tommy Norman, whose social media presence attracted millions of followers before his Saturday arrest on a domestic battery count, was released from jail Monday morning after posting a $350 bond, court records showed.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Prisoners look out of their cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scott was convicted of murder and sent to prison.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Barr was attorney general when Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in 2019, a death that was later deemed a suicide.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Big house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20house. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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