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Synonyms for prison

Grammar : Noun
Spell : priz-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪz ən

Top 10 synonyms for prison
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Définition of prison

Origin :
  • early 12c., from Old French prisoun "captivity, imprisonment; prison; prisoner, captive" (11c., Modern French prison), altered (by influence of pris "taken;" see prize (n.2)) from earlier preson, from Vulgar Latin *presionem, from Latin prensionem (nominative prensio), shortening of prehensionem (nominative *prehensio) "a taking," noun of action from past participle stem of prehendere "to take" (see prehensile). "Captivity," hence by extension "a place for captives," the main modern sense.
  • noun residence for incarcerating criminals
Example sentences :
  • He leaves the prison gates, he makes his way to his old home, but his old home is not there.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • I fancied it in the fields, in the gardens, in the palace, in the prison.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The ranges are wide enough, but they're a prison just the same.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • If a call come to a man in prison it will be by an angel who can let him out.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • One or two were in prison of whom when she left she was in great hope.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "They sent her to prison for three years," she answered, sharply.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "Sending me to prison won't stop it," Mary Turner said, drearily.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "I don't have to ask if you have been in prison," she said gravely.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The school is a prison in which work is a punishment and a curse.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • She had won her ambition of years, revenge on the man who had sent her to prison.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
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