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as in penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
was thrown in the coop for disturbing the peace
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Recent Examples of coop
After the shooting, Houston fled and hid in a chicken coop before being taken into custody, the documents state.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Has Boise’s fast-food coop already gotten too crowded for Cane’s?
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
The first Dutch original film on Disney+, The Balloonist shows what happens when young chicken farmer Gaby's predictable life is upended by a hot air balloon crashing into her coop.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Her home and chicken coop are in the woods, often surrounded by snakes.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Has Boise’s fast-food coop already gotten too crowded for Cane’s?
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
The first Dutch original film on Disney+, The Balloonist shows what happens when young chicken farmer Gaby's predictable life is upended by a hot air balloon crashing into her coop.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Her home and chicken coop are in the woods, often surrounded by snakes.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coop
Noun
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Meanwhile, his crooked sidekick, Robertson, BOP # 21731-509, is locked up in another good-time penitentiary in Beckley, WV.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Portlaoise Prison, which is in the center of Ireland, is a nineteenth-century penitentiary built like a fortress—a one-star establishment, at best.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This thinking also came out in the cage match between Jordan and Marie, which was positioned as punishment for Jordan speaking out during the rally.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Having lived her life in a cage, Beverly initially struggled to walk far—managing only a few steps before sitting down.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moore said that while any and all legal options will be considered, the group's main focus will be on advocacy for pretrial services and other programming that can keep people out of jail.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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The amendment would reallocate $570,965 from the capital budget for camera replacements at the Criminal Justice Facility, which houses the county jail.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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This was also when a torture scandal emerged at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Though there’s no new material in the reissue, reheating her own nachos for a new generation should be a piece of cake for Martha Stewart, who allegedly made flan in prison one time.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coop. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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