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 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 The government held both Padilla and al-Marri in a Navy brig to keep them out of civilian custody. Brian Michael Jenkins, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012 See All Example Sentences for brig
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Noun
  • He is being held on $2 million bail, online jail records show.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • He was eventually sentenced to six years in jail for defrauding investors.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My dad would always play documentaries about prison life and stuff that would come on Discovery ID or, every now and then, even national news segments.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Through the deal, prosecutors dropped the two murder charges — and shipped Henry, 26, off to prison for 10 years — in exchange for his plea.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At Parchman, the state’s troubled penitentiary, corrections workers were urging their colleagues to sign up.
    Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Brig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brig. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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