as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Recent Examples of jailhouse
Even the terms of Combs’ jailhouse access to a laptop containing defense case materials have been in dispute.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
One of the men accused of operating a street gang alongside Grammy-winning artist Young Thug was stabbed Sunday in a jailhouse brawl.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
The defense has also requested copies of jailhouse surveillance video taken during the search.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
Working without a blueprint, the famous socialites milked their fish-out-of-water dynamic across the country over the course of five seasons, going from a jailhouse to a sausage-packing plant to a theater camp.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
One of the men accused of operating a street gang alongside Grammy-winning artist Young Thug was stabbed Sunday in a jailhouse brawl.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
The defense has also requested copies of jailhouse surveillance video taken during the search.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
Working without a blueprint, the famous socialites milked their fish-out-of-water dynamic across the country over the course of five seasons, going from a jailhouse to a sausage-packing plant to a theater camp.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailhouse
Noun
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Johnson was arrested on July 17 and bonded out of jail five days later, officials with the sheriff’s office said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Jan. 2025
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Deterring criminal behavior With clear penalties, including fines and jail time, this legislation will serve as a deterrent to anyone contemplating unlawful occupancy of another person’s home.—
Ryan Nawrocki,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Biden also commuted the sentence of Michelle West, who was sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed between 1987 and 1993.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2025
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He was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and served eight years in prison.—
Colleen Long,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 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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He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailhouse. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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