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
  • The Sacramento Police Department initially arrested Hernandez Santana, before he was released from the jail hours later after posting a $200,000 bail bond.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Rachel Fyall, associate professor at the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, said the cost of not housing people includes emergency room care, jail cells and police on the street.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The story would feature voluminous evidence, including Salvadoran intelligence reports, government documents and even prison logs recording the visits of Luna and other Bukele aides to MS-13 leaders.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Both Menendez brothers remain in prison after having been denied parole in August of this year, and, in September, a judge denied their petition for a new trial.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Just up the way, the old penitentiary building is famously open for tours and purportedly haunted.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2025
  • He was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:40 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Brig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brig. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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