tolbooth

noun

ˈtō(l)-ˌbüth How to pronounce tolbooth (audio)
Definition of tolboothnext
Scottish
as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh

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  1. jail
  2. prison
  3. penitentiary
  4. brig
Noun
  • To avoid violence, assembled federal agents did not make immediate arrests, but Lyman was later convicted, and served 10 days in jail.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • If convicted as charged, the men face sentences ranging from probation to seven years and two months in jail, according to prosecutors.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of jail
Noun
  • In 2019, Zeeb was sentenced to four years in prison in one of the country's largest cannabis cases.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison for the murder.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prison
Noun
  • The staff at Lee penitentiary is 98% White, according to the bureau, and multiple people said that guards seemed to be especially hostile to Black prisoners — who make up 62% of the prison's population.
    Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Kingstown follows the powerful family in a fictional Michigan town: Kingstown, Michigan, a city whose main industry is nine penitentiaries.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of penitentiary
Noun
  • Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The government held both Padilla and al-Marri in a Navy brig to keep them out of civilian custody.
    Brian Michael Jenkins, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
Definition of brig
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