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Meanings of prison in English

Russian
кичман
Portuguese
aljube
Spanish
carcelazo
Catalan
centre penitenciari
Wikidata

Place in which people legally are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms.

      кичман
      Portuguese
      cadeia
      Spanish
      prisión

      A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.

            cadeia
            Usage of prison in English
            1
            Khayre was given a five-and-a-half year prison term, according to court documents.
            Reuters
            2
            Money laundering charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
            Reuters
            3
            Venables is likely to remain in prison beyond the term given today.
            The Guardian
            4
            A new prison may be needed in the future, Mr Lightfoot said.
            Radio NZ
            5
            He got a three-and-a-half year prison sentence, with the last year suspended.
            The Irish Times
            6
            Violation could result in a maximum penalty to two years in prison.
            Reuters
            7
            A solution to house New Zealand's growing prison population is in limbo.
            Radio NZ
            8
            The charges carry a combined possible maximum prison term of 25 years.
            Reuters
            9
            I went to the prison; the jailer would not take me in.
            Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
            10
            Prosecutors had asked that Turner be given six years in state prison.
            Reuters
            11
            The charges could result in a maximum prison term of 14 years.
            Radio NZ
            12
            Thus Gerard, in one terrible night, grazed the prison and the grave.
            The Cloister and the Hearth
            13
            With time already served, he will likely walk free from prison today.
            News.com.au
            14
            The answer of the French general was to put him in prison.
            With the Allies
            15
            In Michigan's prison system, however, officials say mass testing has been valuable.
            Reuters
            16
            Alone in prison, and still in the hands of the Holy Office.
            Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen ...