prison : Idioms & Phrases

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federal bureau of prisons

  • noun the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
    BoP.
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Prison bars, ∨ Prison base

  • . See Base, n., 24.
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Prison breach

  • . (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4.
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prison camp

  • noun a camp for prisoners of war
    prisoner of war camp; POW camp; internment camp.
  • noun a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects
    prison camp; work camp.
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prison cell

  • noun a room where a prisoner is kept
    cell; jail cell.
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prison chaplain

  • noun a chaplain in a prison
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prison farm

  • noun a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects
    prison camp; work camp.
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prison guard

  • noun someone who guards prisoners
    screw; jailor; jailer; turnkey; gaoler.
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Prison house

  • noun a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
    prison.
  • noun a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
    prison.
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  • a prison. Shak.
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Prison ship

  • (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners.
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prison term

  • noun the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
    time; sentence.
    • he served a prison term of 15 months
    • his sentence was 5 to 10 years
    • he is doing time in the county jail
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Prison van

  • a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison.
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prison-breaking

  • noun an escape from jail
    jailbreak; break; breakout; prisonbreak; gaolbreak.
    • the breakout was carefully planned
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State prison

  • noun a prison maintained by a state of the U.S.
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  • a public prison or penitentiary; called also State's prison.
Webster 1913