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prison

[ priz-uhn ]

noun

  1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
  2. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.


prison

/ ˈ±è°ùɪ³úÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial See also jail penitentiary reformatory
  2. any place of confinement or seeming confinement
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù¾±²õo²Ô·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
  • ±è´Ç²õ³Ù·±è°ù¾±²õo²Ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prison1

before 1150; Middle English prison, earlier prisun < Old French, variant of preson imprisonment, a prison < Latin pre ( ³óŧ ) ²Ô²õ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of pre³óŧnsiÅ ) a seizure, arrest, equivalent to pre³óŧns ( us ) (past participle of prehendere to seize) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion; doublet of prehension
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prison1

C12: from Old French prisun, from Latin ±è°ùŧ²Ô²õ¾±Å a capturing, from prehendere to lay hold of
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Officers at the Amador County prison found Robert E. Cole unresponsive in his cell at about 6:30 a.m., according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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When Megan Ross was 14 years old, she opened some letters her dad had sent her from prison.

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.

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If convicted, Mr Chambers could face three to 15 years in prison for each lese-majeste count.

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One of the mayor's own lawyers was detained briefly "on fictitious grounds", according to a social media post that Ekrem Imamoglu sent from his cell in a high security prison.

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