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Synonyms for prison
ˈprɪz ənprison
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Wiktionary
prisonnoun
to imprison
The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
Synonyms:
imprisonment, bridewell
Princeton's WordNet
prison, prison housenoun
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
Synonyms:
prison house, prisonprison, prison housenoun
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Synonyms:
prison house, prison
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
prisonnoun
Synonyms:
jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
prisonnoun
Synonyms:
penitentiary, bridewell, jail, house of correction, clink, bastilleAssociated words:
mittimus, commit, commitment, turnkey, warden, remand, prisoner, convictprisonverb
Synonyms:
imprison, incarcerateAssociated words:
mittimus, commit, commitment, turnkey, warden, remand, prisoner, convict
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "prison":
jail, imprisonment, prisons, penitentiary, jails, correctional, detention, gaol, penal, incarceration, custody, jailed, corrections, cárcel, imprisoned, brig, prisión, inmate, jailing
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#4296 | corrections | |
#4390 | prison | |
#7628 | jail | |
#7664 | custody | |
#10067 | detention | |
#13907 | prisons | |
#13920 | imprisonment | |
#15723 | correctional | |
#17298 | inmate | |
#20492 | imprisoned | |
#21027 | penal | |
#22331 | jailed | |
#28482 | incarceration | |
#29808 | brig | |
#31559 | jails | |
#44315 | penitentiary | |
#61103 | gaol | |
#97670 | jailing | |
#140645 | prision | |
#176780 | bridewell |
How to use prison in a sentence?
I realized that once they started questioning me that they… couldn't find anything against me because… I'm just an American teacher who chased after his wife in a foreign country, i was okay after the third day of them questioning me because I knew nothing was going to happen, but it was… a scary time to be stuck in a place like Russian prison.
He connected hope to the way Jesus talked about the kingdom of God, of our collaboration with people who are suffering now, that's what Pope Francis is doing. One week after he became Pope, he was in a prison washing the feet of prisoners. It's solidarity with all human beings.
She was held in many prisons, she was held in solitary confinement. She was tortured. She was intimidated. She was ultimately raped by al-Baghdadi himself. The Obama administration was criticized over a reported 2015 rescue mission that targetedfour prisoners heldat a makeshift ISIS prison. By the time U.S. commandos stormed the compound, the hostages were already gone. Some relatives and people who worked on the raid blamed the White House for not acting swiftly enough on giving the mission a green light. Specific intelligence had emerged in late Mayproviding officials with the hostages likely location -- including a building, sources told Fox News at the time. The intelligence was described as being.
Virginia's murder rate is at a 20-year high, and Terry McAuliffe is embracing the far-left’s efforts to defund the police, let more violent criminals out of prison, and create even more chaos in our communities, terry McAuliffe will make Virginia less safe.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:
The fact that Hillary Clinton sent 'Top Secret' information from her personal email address is beyond outrageously illegal, it's life-threatening to members of our military and every American citizen. The same action, for anyone serving in the military, would mean a court-martial and prison sentence.
Translations for prison
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- tronk, gevangenisAfrikaans
- سجن, السجنArabic
- həbsxana, zindanAzerbaijani
- төрмәBashkir
- цямні́ца, астро́г, турма́Belarusian
- тъмни́ца, тюрма́, дранго́лник, занда́н, затво́рBulgarian
- কারাগারBengali
- བཙོན་ཁངTibetan Standard
- presóCatalan, Valencian
- vězení, žalář, vězněníCzech
- carcharWelsh
- fængslet, fængselDanish
- Zuchthaus, Kerker, Haft, Gefangenschaft, GefängnisGerman
- κάθειρξη, φυλακή, φυλάκιση, δεσμωτήριοGreek
- malliberejoEsperanto
- cárcel, prisión, penitenciaríaSpanish
- türmEstonian
- espetxeBasque
- زندانPersian
- vankeus, vankeusrangaistus, vankilaFinnish
- fongsul, fangahús, geglFaroese
- geôle, prison, cabaneFrench
- finzenisWestern Frisian
- príosúnIrish
- cárcere, prisión, cadeaGalician
- તુરંગGujarati
- כלאHebrew
- जेल, क़ैदख़ाना, कारागार, बन्दीघरHindi
- börtönHungarian
- բանտArmenian
- penjaraIndonesian
- karceroIdo
- fangelsiIcelandic
- prigione, carcereItalian
- בית כלאHebrew
- 監獄, 刑務所Japanese
- საპატიმრო, ციხეGeorgian
- абақты, түрмеKazakh
- ពន្ធនាគារ, គុកKhmer
- ಜೈಲುKannada
- 교도소Korean
- گرتوخانه, زندان, بهندیخانهKurdish
- түрмө, абакKyrgyz
- carcerLatin
- PrisongLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຄຸກLao
- kalėjimasLithuanian
- cietumsLatvian
- whare herehereMāori
- за́творMacedonian
- шорон, гяндан, хар гэрMongolian
- तुरुंगMarathi
- penjaraMalay
- ħabsMaltese
- ထောင်, အကျဥ်းထောင်Burmese
- थानाNepali
- gevangenisDutch
- fengselNorwegian
- awáalyaNavajo, Navaho
- ахӕстонOssetian, Ossetic
- więzieniePolish
- prisão, cadeia, xadrezPortuguese
- temniță, închisoare, pușcărieRomanian
- тюрьма́, тюря́га, темни́ца, остро́г, катала́жка, куту́зкаRussian
- zatvor, тамница, tamnica, затворSerbo-Croatian
- සිරගෙදරSinhala, Sinhalese
- žalár, väznica, väzenieSlovak
- ječa, zaporSlovene
- burgAlbanian
- fängelseSwedish
- jelaSwahili
- சிறைச்சாலை, சிறைTamil
- జైలు, కారాగారంTelugu
- зиндонTajik
- คุกThai
- türmeTurkmen
- bilangguanTagalog
- hapis, hapishane, cezaeviTurkish
- төрмәTatar
- в'язни́ця, тюрма́, остро́г, темни́цяUkrainian
- بندیگھر, جیل, قیدخانہ, کاراگارUrdu
- turma, qamoqxonaUzbek
- ngụcVietnamese
- fanäböp, fanäbamVolapük
- טורמעYiddish
- 监狱Chinese
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