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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the view that prison does nothing to cure the criminal—if anything, it makes him worse
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Recent Examples of prison
They were all convicted on Thursday and given sentences ranging from 3 to 15 years in prison.
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Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Joel Cordero, 45, of Meriden, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a total of 155 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl, according to federal authorities.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
She was sentenced in June of this year to one year in prison for underreporting and failing to file federal income taxes.
—Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Most were ordered to pay a fine and received probation or a few months in prison.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Joel Cordero, 45, of Meriden, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a total of 155 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl, according to federal authorities.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
She was sentenced in June of this year to one year in prison for underreporting and failing to file federal income taxes.
—Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Most were ordered to pay a fine and received probation or a few months in prison.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison
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Another major focus of the trial was Allen's multiple confessions in jail and his mental health at the time.Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Also, jail doesn’t mean that the taxes are forgiven.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
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The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday issued a sweeping demand that Israel and Hamas reach a cease-fire agreement and that all hostages be freed from captivity.Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Pete Travis Timmerman, 29, from Urbana, Mo., emerged after months of captivity in an online video, which some mistakenly believed showed Austin Tice, a journalist who went missing in the country over a decade ago.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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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
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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At the same time, the United States and Western allies have accused Xi of overseeing widespread human rights abuses, even claims of genocide, against the nation's Uyghurs through the use of mass internment camps, a charge the Chinese leader and his government have vehemently denied.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Their strategy resulted in Trump downplaying China’s crackdown against protesters in Hong Kong, expressing support for its internment camps in Xinjiang, offering to lift export controls on Huawei and ZTE, and even accepting a trade deal that did not address China’s industrial policy practices.Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2024
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Thousands of prisoners have now been freed, many after decades of incarceration in brutal conditions.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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On another wall were carved prisoners’ names, birthplaces and dates of incarceration.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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This means Jaynes is either in a residential reentry center or in home confinement.Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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According to the Miami Herald, Shapiro had been released from prison in 2020 as part of a COVID-era program to move inmates to home confinement.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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