prison

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From Old French prison (French: prison).

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prison (countable and uncountable; plural prisons)

  1. A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes.
    The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
  2. (uncountable) Confinement in a prison.
    Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
  3. (colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
    The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.

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place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes
confinement in a prison

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to prison (third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)

  1. to imprison

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Old French prison, from prise (“grip, grasp”)

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prison f. (plural prisons)

  1. prison

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From prise (“grip, grasp”)

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prison f. (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)

  1. prison
    • circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette
      Por vos sui en prison mis
      dans ce celier sousterin
      For you, I have been put in this prison
      in this underground cellar

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