Meaning of prison | Babel Free

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1. Establishment intended for the accommodation of prisoners deprived of their liberty.
2. A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government
3. A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
   countable, uncountable
4. Confinement in prison.
   uncountable
5. Pena of deprivation of liberty that imposes to the convicts by some crime.
6. To confine in or as if in a prison; imprison.
7. Confinement in prison
8. Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
   colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable
9. Element composed of four pieces, two horizontal and two vertical, which serves to support the thrusts received by the walls at the time of construction of the walls.
10. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention:brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary.
11. Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home
12. a building in which criminals are kept; a jail. He was sent to prison; He is in prison. tronk سِجْن затвор prisão vězení das Gefängnis fængsel φυλακήprisión, cárcel vangla زندان vankila prison בֵּית-סוֹהָר कारागार börtön penjara fangelsi prigione 刑務所 형무소 kalėjimas cietums penjara gevangenisfengselwięzienie زندان،جيل prisão închisoare тюрьма väzenie zapor zatvor fängelse คุก hapisane 監獄 в'язниця قيد خانہ، جيل nhà tù 监狱
13. To imprison
14. anyone who has been captured and is held against his will as a criminal, in a war etc. The prisoners escaped from jail. prisonier سَجين затворник prisioneiro vězeň, -kyně der/die Gefangene fange φυλακισμένος, αιχμάλωτος preso, recluso; prisionero vang زندانی vanki prisonnier/-ière אסיר बन्दी rab tahanan fangi prigioniero 囚人 죄수 kalinys, belaisvis cietumnieks; ieslodzītais banduan gevangenefangewięzień بندى prisioneiro prizo­nier заключённый väzeň, väzenka zapornik zatvorenik fånge นักโทษ tutuk...
    etc
15. – a member of the armed forces captured in a war. krygsgevangenes سَجين حَرْب، أسير военнопленник prisioneiro de guerra válečný zajatec der/die Kriegsgefangene krigsfange αιχμάλωτος πολέμου prisionero de guerra sõjavang اسیر جنگی sotavanki prisonnier de guerreשבוי युद्ध बंदी hadifogoly tawanan perang stríðsfangi prigioniero di guerra 捕虜 전쟁 포로 karo belaisvis karagūsteknis tawanan perang krijgsgevangenekrigsfange jeniec wojenny د جګړى اسير prisioneiro de guerra prizonier de război военнопленный...
16. to (capture and) confine (a person) against his will. Many soldiers were killed and the rest taken prisoner; She was kept prisoner in a locked room. aangehou يأسُر، يَحْتَجِز затварям prender vzít do/držet v zajetí gefangennehmen, –halten tage til fange; holde fangen αιχμαλωτίζω, κρατώ κπ. αιχμάλωτο hacer prisionero vangi võtma, vangis hoidma اسیر کردن ottaa, pitää vankina faire prisonnierאסור बंदी बनाना foglyul ejt / fogságban tart mengalihkan pikiran atau perhatian taka til fanga, halda í f...
17. A place for the confinement and punishment of persons convicted of crimes, especially felonies.
18. A state of imprisonment or captivity: years spent in prison.
19. A place or condition of confinement or restriction: felt his job had been a prison.
20. (Law) a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial. See also jail, penitentiary, reformatory

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Examples

“The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.”

“Prison was a harrowing experience for him.”

“The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.”

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