as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Recent Examples of jailhouse
Young Thug has been at the center of controversy over the past several days, as recordings of jailhouse calls made while he was incarcerated during the YSL trial have leaked online.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Morgan shot and killed Lenny Scott, who was a jailhouse guard while Morgan was previously behind bars and had exposed the affair Morgan was having with a female guard after discovering a secret cellphone in his cell during a search, according to prosecutors with the CPS.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Brown is being detained at a jailhouse in Columbia, South Carolina.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Old Stone Jail Originally a jailhouse for the courthouse in Shepherdsville, the Old Stone Jail was built in 1891 and has survived the test of time since.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Morgan shot and killed Lenny Scott, who was a jailhouse guard while Morgan was previously behind bars and had exposed the affair Morgan was having with a female guard after discovering a secret cellphone in his cell during a search, according to prosecutors with the CPS.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Brown is being detained at a jailhouse in Columbia, South Carolina.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Old Stone Jail Originally a jailhouse for the courthouse in Shepherdsville, the Old Stone Jail was built in 1891 and has survived the test of time since.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailhouse
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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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
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailhouse. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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