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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the view that prison does nothing to cure the criminal—if anything, it makes him worse
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Recent Examples of prison
Julie Chrisley, 52, had been serving a seven-year sentence at a federal prison in Kentucky.
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Kerry Breen
may 30, CBS News, 30 May 2025
The reality stars, best known for their USA Network show Chrisley Knows Best, were each serving years-long prison sentences after being convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion charges.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
On Wednesday, May 28, the couple were released from separate federal prisons.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 30 May 2025
In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Kerry Breen
may 30, CBS News, 30 May 2025
The reality stars, best known for their USA Network show Chrisley Knows Best, were each serving years-long prison sentences after being convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion charges.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
On Wednesday, May 28, the couple were released from separate federal prisons.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 30 May 2025
In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison
Noun
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In that case, a man incarcerated in a local jail filed a complaint with CLERB alleging that deputies damaged his personal property and mishandled legal documents during a cell search.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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He was being held in the jail until his sentencing.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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The war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas terrorist group staged a widespread ambush in Israel, killing 1,200 people, including children, and taking 251 hostages, with about 20 still held in captivity.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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More recently, a 75-year-old man was killed by a cassowary at an exotic animal breeding farm in Florida, where the bird was being kept in captivity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Noun
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He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
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In 1940, the barracks became an internment camp for Italian suspects, later used as a prisoner of war camp under the German occupation.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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China detained more than 1 million Uyghurs in internment camps from 2017 to 2019 in the name of fighting extremism.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Smith's journey from incarceration to entrepreneurship and advocacy serves as a testament to the power of redemption and the impact one individual can have on systemic change.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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An analysis of the data reveals the sheer scale of youth incarceration in adult jails in Maryland.—
Rachel Baye,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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He was subsequently ordered to home confinement in April 2025.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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At least nine of the 25 arrested have landed in immigration detention — scattered across the country from a crowded lockup in Miami to a facility in a sleepy Texas railway town to a confinement in a Pacific Northwest port city overlooked by Mount Rainier.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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“Prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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