big house

noun

Definition of big housenext
slang
as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house

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  1. jail
  2. penitentiary
  3. prison
Noun
  • Police departments in those jurisdictions generally do not help ICE carry out street-level arrests, and jails will not hold immigration violators charged with traffic offenses, or in some cases violent felonies.
    Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • But Penny may never even spend a minute in jail for taking another man’s life.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of jail
Noun
  • Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Hollinger’s affairs proved to be a total mess: Black was later convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice and spent more than three years in a federal penitentiary.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of penitentiary
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  • Two others involved in the scheme, one living in Nebraska, and the other in California, were sentenced to roughly two years in prison for their roles.
    Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
  • In 1956, Reich was charged with contempt for violating the injunction and sentenced to two years in prison.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of prison
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