💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prisoness"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prisonnoun | A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government. |
| custodynoun | The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children. |
| felonrynoun | Felons as a group. |
| penitentiarynoun | (chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison. |
| prison labornoun | Work which one is compelled to perform due to lack of options, by choice while in prison, or outright against one's will, while in a condition of confinement or slavery. |
| life imprisonmentnoun | (law) The state of being imprisoned for the rest of one's life. |
| laggingnoun | The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection. |
| lifernoun | A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. |
| stateprisonnoun | (US, dated) A prison maintained by the state. |
| stretchnoun | An act of stretching. |
| detentionnoun | (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement. |
| safekeepernoun | A person kept in prison while awaiting trial. |
| jailtimenoun | A prison/jail sentence. |
| lifenoun | (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. |
| hostageshipnoun | (law, historical) A condition of being held as surety for a pledge, as to appear before a magistrate for trial after release from gaol. |
| star prisonernoun | (UK, Ireland) A person in prison for the first time. |
| debtors' prisonnoun | A prison for people who are unable to pay debt. |
| life sentencenoun | (law) A sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the defendant's life. |
| imprisonment warrantnoun | (law) a court order authorising the imprisonment of a person sentenced to imprisonment; a court order authorising the execution of an imprisonment sentence. |
| penal colonynoun | A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce. |
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