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stalag

noun

Definition of stalag

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

Khalil does not want to be shot at, or sought by the secret police, or detained in some for-profit gulag.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of gulag

Noun

After pleading guilty, Ashford was sentenced to 15 years in prison but served only nine months and five years' probation upon release, authorities said.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
As a result of the 2011 conviction, he was sentenced to life in prison.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of prison

Noun

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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LeJames Norman, 40, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Still, even on video, Davis doesn’t appear wracked with guilt or anguish about the possibility of spending the rest of his life in the Nevada penitentiary system.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of penitentiary

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When the boss returns to the office vowing to send them all to jail, he is stunned to see the women have introduced job-sharing, flexible hours, and on-site child care.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
He was booked into the Saline County jail and released Tuesday afternoon on a $70,000 bond, according to the jail's online inmate roster.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 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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During a hearing over that issue last month, prosecutors revealed jailhouse recordings in which Lavie bragged about exploiting Cloobeck.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
This included expert witnesses who said the child’s death was an accidental drowning brought on by a seizure and a jailhouse informant who recanted his trial testimony that Duncan had confessed to the crime.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of jailhouse

Noun

We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
These include her grandfather, a Danish Resistance fighter during World War II, a concentration camp survivor, priest, and author who sought the divine on solitary nature walks.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026

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