PrisonWordNet Explorer
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noun
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
Words in this synset: prison_house
noun
a penal institution maintained by the government
noun
a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
noun
British slang (dated) for a prison
noun
(British slang) a prison
noun
a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
noun
a prison maintained by a state of the U.S.
noun
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)