as in penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
prisoners of war confined in a stockade
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Recent Examples of stockade
After his conviction, Mr. Calley was removed from the stockade on Nixon’s orders and confined to his quarters at Fort Benning.
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Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also previously suggested the county set up a camp for the homeless at the county stockade on Powerline Road, just east of Chase Stadium where Inter Miami plays, but county administration has said no to the idea.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
The Rufus Putnam House was part of the original stockade.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Some suggest the logs' close location means they were used as a type of stockade.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2024
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Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also previously suggested the county set up a camp for the homeless at the county stockade on Powerline Road, just east of Chase Stadium where Inter Miami plays, but county administration has said no to the idea.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
The Rufus Putnam House was part of the original stockade.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Some suggest the logs' close location means they were used as a type of stockade.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockade
Noun
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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
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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Gales tore at the Mary’s sails, and surf crashed across the brig’s deck.—
Adam L. Rovner,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2025
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M’Benga makes the difficult decision to send Gamble, or whatever, to the brig.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Stockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockade. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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