prison
pri·son
noun
1.
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
2.
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Origin
From Middle English prisoun, prison, from Old English prisūn, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiōnem, accusative singular of prehensiō, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of prehension.
Phrases
- debtors' prison
- dispersal prison
- in prison
- military prison
- one-bar prison
- open prison
- passport prison
- post prison
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