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Prison

British pronunciation/pɹˈɪzən/
American pronunciation/ˈpɹɪzən/
Prison
[NOUN]
1

a building where people who did something illegal such as stealing, murder, etc., are kept as a punishment

synonyms : prison house
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2

a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

synonyms : prison house
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Examples
1Prison guards looked the other way as the man was attacked by fellow prisoners.
2They got a prison sentence for committing a serious crime.
3well, I took a beating in prison and I kind of lost my hearing, you know.
4The fugitive is wanted by the police for escaping from prison.
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