brig

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Recent Examples of brig It’s believed the 124-foot ship is a schooner or brig built in the mid-19th century, with its hull sheathed in copper. Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 June 2024 The few sailors who were responding to Brooks’ commands climbed aloft to square the yards so that the brig could run toward land. Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024 Abandoning all sense of order or control, a few of the sailors careened through the brig, demanding liquor from the frightened passengers. Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024 On the defense’s side: Lieutenant Barney Greenwald (Jason Clarke), who’s claiming that Maryk shouldn’t be thrown in the brig because the man at the helm of the ship had lost his marbles, and thus was endangering the lives of the entire crew. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for brig
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Noun
  • Following Shelia's arrest, she was held in jail without bail, per MetroNews.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 6 July 2025
  • On June 23, 2012, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, convicted Chávez of the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced him to 13 days in jail and 36 months’ probation.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • If convicted, the charges carry sentences that could send her to prison for years.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2025
  • An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.
    Heather Knight, New York Times, 19 May 2025

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“Brig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brig. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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