prison
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prison/ˈprɪzn/
▶noun a building for the confinement of criminals or those awaiting trial. ▶verb (prisons, prisoning, prisoned) literary imprison.
– origin OE, from OFr. prisun, from L. prensio(n-), var. of prehensio(n-) ‘laying hold of’, from prehendere.
'prison' also found in these Oxford entries:
aftercare
- bagnio
- bar
- bird
- black flag
- boot camp
- breakout
- bridewell
- brig
- calaboose
- can
- carceral
- chain gang
- chokey
- clap
- clink
- commit
- committal
- community service
- compound
- cooler
- correction
- deadline
- death camp
- death row
- deinstitutionalize
- do
- dungeon
- etui
- exercise yard
- gatehouse
- glasshouse
- go
- guard
- hock
- hoosegow
- hulk
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inmate
- inside
- jailbird
- jailhouse
- joint
- jug
- labour camp
- matron
- mure
- nick
- nonce
