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1. (n.) prison
a building for the confinement of accused persons awaiting trial or persons sentenced after conviction.
2. prison
any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.
3. prison
imprisonment.
Etymology: (bef. 1150; ME prison, earlier prisun < OF, var. of preson imprisonment, a prison < L pre(hē)nsiōnem, acc. of prehēnsiō seizure; see prehension)
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| Definition of 'Prison' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) prison, prison house
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
2. (noun) prison, prison house
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
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1. (noun) prison
a place criminals are kept to be punished
a women's prison; He was sent to prison for six months.; a prison sentence; He'll spend the rest of his life in prison.
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| Definition of 'Prison' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Prison
a place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody
2. (noun) Prison
specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority
3. (verb) Prison
to imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty
4. (verb) Prison
to bind (together); to enchain
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| Definitions of 'Prison' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Prison
1. A place where any lady may have a baby without fearing society.
2. An institution where even crooks go wrong.
3. The House of a Thousand Tears.
4. The last resort of the obscure to achieve fame.
5. A banker's mess-hall.
6. A place where men go to take the vow of chastity, poverty and obedience.
7. An example of a Socialist's Paradise, where equality prevails, everything is supplied, and competition is eliminated.
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Sense: a building in which criminals are kept; a jail
He was sent to prison; He is in prison.
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 Afrikaans: tronk |
 Arabic: سِجْن |
 Bulgarian: затвор |
 Brazilian: prisão |
 Czech: vězení |
 German: das Gefängnis |
 Danish: fængsel |
 Greek: φυλακή |
 Spanish: prisión, cárcel |
 Estonian: vangla |
 Farsi: زندان |
 Finnish: vankila |
 French: prison |
 Hebrew: בֵּית-סוֹהָר |
 Hindi: कारागार |
 Hungarian: börtön |
 Indonesian: penjara |
 Icelandic: fangelsi |
 Italian: prigione |
 Japanese: 刑務所 |
 Korean: 형무소 |
 Lithuanian: kalėjimas |
 Latvian: cietums |
 Malay: penjara |
 Dutch: gevangenis |
 Norwegian: fengsel |
 Polish: więzienie |
 Persian: زندان |
 Pashto: زندان،جيل |
 Portuguese: prisão |
 Romanian: închisoare |
 Russian: тюрьма |
 Slovak: väzenie |
 Slovenian: zapor |
 Serbian: zatvor |
 Swedish: fängelse |
 Thai: คุก |
 Turkish: hapisane |
 Taiwanese: 監獄 |
 Ukrainian: в'язниця |
 Urdu: قيد خانہ، جيل |
 Vietnamese: nhà tù |
 Chinese: 监狱 |
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