guardrooms

noun

plural of guardroom
as in penitentiaries
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody hauled the prisoners of war into the guardroom and sent for the doctor on duty

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  1. penitentiaries
  2. jails
  3. prisons
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
  • In fact, a number of those heading into a sentencing hearing are coming from surrounding county jails that have been holding them for many months.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The crimes homeless people will get charged for are not the ones that will keep them in the county’s already overcrowded jails, Lefkowitz said.
    — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • The fights, and tax policy, confronting local governments Governments, school systems, prisons, and police and fire departments often are among the largest employers in communities and have high rates of unionization.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Crews now runs all three of Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons.
    — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of prisons
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“Guardrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrooms. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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