BRIGS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

brigs

noun

plural of brig

as in jails

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the captain ordered that the prisoner be thrown into the brig immediately

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Recent Examples of brigs Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigs

Noun

Meanwhile, thousands more are waiting in county jails for cases that are winding through a new, convoluted and confusing system where geography controls the rules.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
He was transferred to the maximum-security prison after previously being housed in jails closer to where his trial was scheduled to take place in Boise.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of jails

Noun

Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.

— Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

Definition of penitentiaries

Noun

Alfonsi departed after clashing with Bari Weiss, CBS News’ editor in chief, who delayed the airing of a report the journalist had prepared investigating the deportation of migrants to harsh prisons in Venezuela.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Given some of the ideas such as abolishing prisons and defunding the Pentagon, that seems like a reasonable argument.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026