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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the view that prison does nothing to cure the criminal—if anything, it makes him worse
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Recent Examples of prison
Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 and later sentenced to 14 years in prison.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
In fact, 10 minutes ahead of the blast, Odell breached the prison computer system’s firewall to download 1,000 terabytes of encrypted information.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Feb. 2025
He has been sentenced him to eight years in prison alongside a series of physical punishments.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
He was also sentenced in May, to 27 months in prison.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Npr Staff, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
In fact, 10 minutes ahead of the blast, Odell breached the prison computer system’s firewall to download 1,000 terabytes of encrypted information.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Feb. 2025
He has been sentenced him to eight years in prison alongside a series of physical punishments.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
He was also sentenced in May, to 27 months in prison.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison
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The plea was made in a deal with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office that included no jail time or restitution but a three-year conditional discharge.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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There is no criminal complaint, so nobody is at risk of jail time.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Yarden’s wife, Shiri, and their two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, remain in Hamas captivity.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Negotiations have begun for a second phase of a ceasefire deal that would end the war with Hamas and return all Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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Lamberth also noted that there are only about 16 transgender women housed in female penitentiaries, including the three plaintiffs who sued.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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In 2015, Ulbricht was handed a life sentence for his involvement in the enterprise and is currently incarcerated at a high-security penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Human rights groups say Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities have faced a raft of human rights abuses in the region, including being placed in mass internment camps.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The book’s horrors—climate catastrophe, internment camps, genocidal wars, high-tech surveillance—are too familiar to serve as prophecy.—
Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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The program’s impact was significant: within five years of its implementation, the U.S. incarceration rate became the highest in the world.—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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These evacuations and incarcerations were carried out under the direction of Gen. John L. DeWitt of the U.S. Army.—
James M. Purcell,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
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While the crew endured the challenges of confinement for the sake of science, their work embodies a larger purpose: enabling future explorers to journey farther and stay longer.—
Anastasia Stepanova,
Space.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Sentenced to 3 years in prison, with the first year on home confinement.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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