oubliettes

noun

plural of oubliette
as in dungeons

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  1. dungeons
  2. jails
  3. prisons
  4. penitentiaries
  5. cages
  6. brigs
Noun
  • When Daemon goes to kill Orwyle – heads must roll, after all, and Aegon is nowhere to be found – Orwyle sends him to the dungeons for Lord Wylde.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, Willingham, Riegel, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, and sometimes special guests, played the characters who delved through dungeons and fought at least five (5) dragons.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Definition of dungeons
Noun
  • Some in county jails are there for just a few days, but others can stay behind bars for months or even years before their cases are tried in court.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • This came after the Obama administration broadened a program that linked people booked in local jails with federal immigration officials.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • Birch said he was moved around between prisons as the years passed.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • That would do more than all the police and prisons put together to reduce the future crime rate.
    — Ronald J. Allen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of 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
  • The animals were kept in cages or kennels filled with feces or were tied up, and all of them were covered in ticks and fleas, according to the outlet.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Territorial animals such as crocodiles must be isolated, which requires more cages and in turn, more funding.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of cages
Noun
  • 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
Definition of brigs
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