Superjail

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very large prison.

    "Plans are afoot to build a superjail to hold intractable prisoners, and the state is adding another 500 cells to the prison system to cope with overcrowding."

Synonyms

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megajail

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"Plans are afoot to build a superjail to hold intractable prisoners, and the state is adding another 500 cells to the prison system to cope with overcrowding."

Etymology

From super- + jail.

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