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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
He's scored early victories in getting Latin American countries to cooperate on deportation flights, including a high-profile prison deal with El Salvador.
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Dave Lawler, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Last Tuesday, Trump issued a full pardon to Devon Archer, who was sentenced to more than a year in prison for defrauding a Native American tribal entity in 2022.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors requested a 2-year prison sentence as well as a 5-year period of political ineligibility for Le Pen.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Three days later, his immigration attorney was able to reach an ICE official who confirmed that his client was in a prison in another country.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
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Dave Lawler, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Last Tuesday, Trump issued a full pardon to Devon Archer, who was sentenced to more than a year in prison for defrauding a Native American tribal entity in 2022.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors requested a 2-year prison sentence as well as a 5-year period of political ineligibility for Le Pen.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Three days later, his immigration attorney was able to reach an ICE official who confirmed that his client was in a prison in another country.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison
Noun
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Trumbo and [novelists] Howard Fast and Dashiell Hammett went to jail.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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He’s gone after organizations like Special Olympics and the Brevard Zoo with threats of funding cuts, sponsored legislation that could land public officials in jail for doing their jobs and pursued petty personal vendettas.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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It’s been just over eight months since the Jamaican dancehall legend was freed from captivity after serving 13 years behind bars for a murder conviction that was overturned on appeal in March 2024.—
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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A little more than 200 red wolves live in captivity, but fewer than 20 exist in the wild — all in a rural five-county section of northeastern North Carolina.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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The money will help sustain El Salvador’s penitentiary system, which currently costs $200 million a year.—
Michael Rios,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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In Oklahoma, 56-year-old Wendell Grissom was declared dead by lethal injection at the penitentiary in McAlester at 10:13 a.m.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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None of the internment camp players made it to Major League Baseball, but George Omachi, who played for the Denson All-Stars at the Jerome War Relocation Center in Denson, Arkansas, eventually became a scout for the league.—
Rachel Ng,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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More than 100,000 people of Japanese decent were sent to internment camps, which the federal government formally apologized for in 1988.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Even more experience abuse leading up to their incarceration.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The gang started as an organizing structure for men imprisoned during a period of mass incarceration that began under former President Hugo Chavez, Hanson told USA TODAY.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The resulting funds could only be used by the interned to pay for their confinement.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Mar. 2025
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The lives of poor Liberians were temporarily suspended, bracketed by confinement, while those with far more resources could transcend it.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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