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prison — / prIzFn/ noun 1 (C, U) a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while waiting to go to court for their trial 1 (1): a maximum security prison | Forbes will be released from prison next week. | in prison (=being kept … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
prison camp — prison camps 1) N COUNT A prison camp is a guarded camp where prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept. He was shot down over Denmark and spent three years in a prison camp. 2) N COUNT A prison camp is a prison where the prisoners are not … English dictionary
prison camp — n a special prison in which prisoners of war are kept … Dictionary of contemporary English
prison camp — prison ,camp noun count a place where prisoners are kept during a war … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prison camp — ► NOUN ▪ a camp where prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept … English terms dictionary
Prison — Criminal justice portal Jail and Gaol redirect here. For other uses, see Jail (disambiguation). For other uses, see Prison (disambiguation). A prison (from Old French prisoun) … Wikipedia
Prison ship — The forbidding form of the beached convict ship HMS Discovery at Deptford. Launched as a 10 gun sloop at Rotherhithe in 1789, the ship served as a convict hulk from 1818 until scrapped in February 1834.[1] … Wikipedia
Prison au Tibet — Une ancienne photo de la prison de Drapchi À Lhassa, jusqu au milieu du XIXe siècle, les condamnés étaient soit enfermés dans la prison d État de Shöl, soit confiés à un gouverneur de district qui était responsable de leur garde [1] … Wikipédia en Français
prison — pris|on [ prızn ] noun *** count or uncount an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime. A large prison is called a penitentiary and the people who are kept there are called prisoners: send someone to prison: He was… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prison — [[t]prɪ̱z(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ prisons N VAR: oft in names after n A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial. The prison s inmates are being kept in their cells... He was… … English dictionary
