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Prison

ˈprɪzn

Prison definitions

noun

Inflections:

prison prisons

a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial

"he died in prison"

Synonyms:
jail penal institution place of detention lock-up place of confinement guardhouse detention centre

verb

Inflections:

prisons prisoning prisoned prison

imprison

"the young man was prisoned behind the doors"