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stalag

noun

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as in gulag

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Recent Examples of stalag German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag. — Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026 To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays. — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017 There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II. — Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011

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Noun

Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson ends up in a gulag in Belarus and Alex Levy, played by Aniston was pushed out of the company by Marion Cotillard’s Celine Dumont.

— Peter White, Deadline, 23 July 2026
During that period, more than one million Kazakhs died in famine, while roughly two million people were imprisoned or deported to gulags on politically motivated charges.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026

Definition of gulag

Noun

The rapper, born Kentrell Gaulden, was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison with credit for time served dating back to at least May 2024.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Clancy, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, could face life in prison if convicted.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prison

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At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of stockade

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Children taken into state care because the parents are sitting in jail unconvicted.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
The ex-wife of Detroit rapper Eminem was sent to jail on Thursday after there were multiple bond violations, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse.

— Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell.

— Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020

Definition of calaboose

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Disturbing jailhouse conversations don’t connect mother to murders Allegations of drug abuse and child neglect against Marcee Gray were already well established by the time her son Colt entered guilty pleas on 55 counts.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The area was once home to Frontier City and Stagecoach Stop, roadside attractions that had a bank, blacksmith, general store, jailhouse, livery stable and saloon, all popular establishments featured in popular Western films.

— JANELLE D. JAMES, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of jailhouse

Noun

Some detractors even characterized it as a concentration camp.

— The Conversation, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
The final pages offered a physical and philosophical account of the concentration camps that was as disturbing in its implications as the newsreels shown in theatres at the war’s end.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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