tolbooth

noun

ˈtō(l)-ˌbüth How to pronounce tolbooth (audio)
Definition of tolboothnext
Scottish
as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh

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  1. jail
  2. prison
  3. penitentiary
  4. brig
Noun
  • Juan Carlos Garcia has been booked into the Williamson County Jail with a $2 million bond, according to jail records.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Also, jail doesn’t mean that the taxes are forgiven.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of jail
Noun
  • In a state court indictment announced earlier this week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office charged Mangione with murder as an act of terrorism, which carries a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.
    MARK SCOLFORO, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.
    Reuters, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of prison
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  • The state penitentiary in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota recently expanded its transitional care unit to meet the needs of its aging population.
    Tom Chiodo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Hollinger’s affairs proved to be a total mess: Black was later convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice and spent more than three years in a federal penitentiary.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of penitentiary
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  • Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The government held both Padilla and al-Marri in a Navy brig to keep them out of civilian custody.
    Brian Michael Jenkins, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
Definition of brig
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