Meaning of snake pit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pit filled with snakes.
2. Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people.
   figuratively

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Examples

“Her friends try⟳ to persuade⟳ her, even fool her, into taking her medication; when she refuses, they try⟳ to commit her. She leaves for Ireland, where she has scheduled a speaking tour. There, she is arrested and incarcerated in a real snake-pit: the Our Lady of Clare rest⟳ home. And as she tries to figure⟳ out how to get⟳ out she realizes […]”

“He says he wants to bring⟳ “free speech” to the platform, but it’s a mystery what exactly that means, and how he would do so while preventing the service from devolving into a snake pit of hate⟳ and harassment even more venomous than it already is.”

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