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Definition of prisonlike - 2 dictionary results
Guide to Life in Prison
Equip yourslef with the knowledge that you need to survive.
www.federal-prison.org
Prison Survival Secrets
Exposed. We Answer Every Dirty Question You Want Answered
www.AreYouGoingToPrison.com

pris⋅on

  [priz-uhn]
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–noun
1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
2. state prison.
3. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.
4. imprisonment.
Origin:
bef. 1150; ME prison, earlier prisun < OF, var. of preson imprisonment, a prison < L pre(hē)nsiōn- (s. of prehēnsiō) a seizure, arrest, equiv. to prehēns(us) (ptp. of prehendere to seize) + -iōn- -ion; doublet of prehension

Related forms:
pris⋅on⋅like, adjective
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Guide to Life in Prison
Equip yourslef with the knowledge that you need to survive.
www.federal-prison.org
Prison Survival Secrets
Exposed. We Answer Every Dirty Question You Want Answered
www.AreYouGoingToPrison.com
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Main Entry: pris·on
Function: noun
: an institution usually under state control for confinement of persons serving sentences for serious crimes —compare HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOUSE OF DETENTION, JAIL, LOCKUP, PENITENTIARY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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