prison

  • 41prison — pris•on [[t]ˈprɪz ən[/t]] n. 1) a building for the confinement of accused persons awaiting trial or persons sentenced after conviction 2) any place of confinement or involuntary restraint 3) imprisonment • Etymology: bef. 1150; ME prison, earlier …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42Prison — Pri|son [pri zõ:], die; , s od. das; s, s [frz. prison < lat. prensio (Gen.: prensionis) = das Ergreifen, zusgez. aus: prehensio, zu: prehendere (2. Part.: prehensum) = fassen, ergreifen, verhaften] (veraltet): Gefängnis …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 43Prison — Pri|son [pri zõ:] die; , s od. das; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. prison, dies aus lat. prensio »das Ergreifen« zu prendere, prehendere »ergreifen; verhaften«> (veraltet) Gefängnis …

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  • 44prison — [12] Like comprehend, prehensile, etc, prison goes back ultimately to Latin praehendere ‘seize’. From this was derived the noun praehensiō ‘seizure’, later contracted to prēnsiō, which passed into Old French as prisun. By now it had come to be… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45prison — pris·on || prɪzn v. imprison, put in prison, incarcerate, jail, detain n. jail, penitentiary, location where convicted criminals and people awaiting trial are confined …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 46prison — noun the prisons upstate are just as crowded Syn: jail, lockup, penal institution, detention center, jailhouse, penitentiary, correctional facility; informal clink, slammer, hoosegow, the big house, stir, jug, brig, can, pen, cooler, pokey, sl …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 47prison — n penitentiary, Sl. pen, house of detention, penal institution, state prison, state or federal penitentiary, Sl. big house, Sl. slammer, Sl. stir, Brit. Sl. college, Brit. Sl. porridge; jail, jailhouse, station house, lockup, Scot. tolbooth, Inf …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 48prison — noun Syn: jail, penal institution; N.Amer. jailhouse, penitentiary, correctional facility; informal clink, slammer; Brit.; informal nick; N.Amer.; informal can, pen Phrases: in prison …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 49prison —   Hale pa ahao, hale wai,    ♦ To put in prison, ho opa ahao …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 50prison — nf., taule, tôle, cachot, geôle : PRAIZON nf. (Aix, Albanais.001, Albertville, Annecy.003, Arvillard, Chambéry, Saxel.002, Thônes.004), Villards Thônes, praijon (Montagny Bozel) ; kroton nm. (003,004, Genève) ; fa., kabana <cabane> nf.… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

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