prison

  • 21PRISON — s. f. Lieu où l on enferme les accusés, les criminels, les débiteurs, etc. Mettre en prison. Tirer de prison. Tenir en prison. Sortir de prison. S échapper de prison. Garder la prison. Garder prison. Tenir prison. Forcer une prison. Cet homme est …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22Prison-A-Go-Go! — Infobox Film name = Prison A Go Go! caption = Theatrical Poster director = Barak Epstein producer = Barak Epstein Shane Stein writer = Barak Epstein Mike Wiebe starring = Rhonda Shear Mary Woronov Laurie Walton Travis Willingham cinematography =… …

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  • 23prison */*/*/ — UK [ˈprɪz(ə)n] / US noun Word forms prison : singular prison plural prisons [countable/uncountable] an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime. The people who stay in prison are called prisoners in prison: He s… …

    English dictionary

  • 24PRISON — n. f. Lieu où l’on enferme les condamnés et certains accusés. Mettre en prison. Tirer de prison. Sortir de prison. S’échapper de prison. Prison d’état. Fig., Le corps est la prison de l’âme. Fig., Cette maison est une prison, Elle est sombre et… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25prison — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ federal ▪ overcrowded ▪ high security (esp. BrE), maximum security (esp. AmE), supermax (AmE) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 26prison — pris|on [ prızn ] noun *** count or uncount an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime. A large prison is called a penitentiary and the people who are kept there are called prisoners: send someone to prison: He was… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27prison — / prIzFn/ noun 1 (C, U) a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while waiting to go to court for their trial 1 (1): a maximum security prison | Forbes will be released from prison next week. | in prison (=being kept …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28prison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Place of confinement Nouns 1. prison, penitentiary; maximum, medium, or minimum security prison, jail, lockup, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, oubliette; cell block; stronghold, fortress, keep, dungeon,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29prison — 01. He was sentenced to two years in [prison] for possession of marijuana. 02. This morning, guards found a [prisoner] who had hanged himself in his jail cell. 03. She was [imprisoned] in her native country for speaking out against government… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 30prison — n. 1) to go, be sent, be sentenced to prison 2) to spend time in prison 3) to be released from prison 4) to break out of, escape from prison 5) a maximum security, minimum security prison * * * [ prɪz(ə)n] be sent be sentenced to prison escape… …

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