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prisonhouse — index jail, penitentiary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
penitentiary — pen·i·ten·tia·ry /ˌpe nə ten chə rē/ n pl ries: a state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons compare house of correction, house of detention, jail … Law dictionary
jail — / jāl/ n: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specif: such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of … Law dictionary
bastille — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, bucket, caboose, calaboose, can, cell, chokey, concentration camp, condemned cell, confine, constrain, death cell, death house, death row, detention… … Moby Thesaurus
black hole — Synonyms and related words: Beehive, Cepheid variable, Hertzsprung Russell diagram, Hyades, Messier catalog, NGC, POW camp, Pleiades, Seven Sisters, absolute magnitude, bastille, binary star, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell,… … Moby Thesaurus
borstal — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal institution, borstal school, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced labor camp,… … Moby Thesaurus
brig — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, calaboose, can, cell, clink, concentration camp, condemned cell, cooler, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison,… … Moby Thesaurus
cell — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, Photronic cell, adytum, animal cell, apartment, ashram, bastille, bioplast, black hole, booth, borstal, borstal institution, box, bridewell, brig, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cavity, cellular tissue,… … Moby Thesaurus
concentration camp — Synonyms and related words: Belsen, Konzentrationslager, Lager, POW camp, abattoir, aceldama, barrack, barracks, bastille, bivouac, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, butchery, camp, campground, campsite, cantonment,… … Moby Thesaurus
dungeon — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, donjon, federal prison, forced labor camp,… … Moby Thesaurus
