Three long-term inmates of the state penitentiary have just escaped.
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Penitentiary
//ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi//
Synonyms for "penitentiary" (119 found)
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holy fatherhoosegowhouse of correctionhouse of detentionhumblehumbledindustrial schoolinternment campjailhousekeeplabor camplockupmaximum-security prisonmeltedmetropolitanminimum-security prisonoubliettepadrepapaparish priest
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51 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سِجْنِيّ adj (of or relating to prison)
Belarusian
4 entries- астро́жны adj (of or relating to prison)
- папра́ўчы adj (of or relating to prison)
- пенітэнцыя́рны adj (of or relating to prison)
- турэ́мны adj (of or relating to prison)
Bulgarian
4 entries- затво́рнически adj (of or relating to prison)
- изправи́телен adj (of or relating to prison)
- пенитенциа́рен adj (of or relating to prison)
- затво́р noun (prison)
Czech
3 entries- vězeňský adj (of or relating to prison)
- nápravné zařízení noun (prison)
- vězení noun (prison)
Danish
2 entries- pønitentiær adj (of or relating to prison)
- straffe adj (of or relating to prison)
Finnish
3 entries- vankila adj (of or relating to prison)
- rangaistuslaitos noun (prison)
- rippipappi noun (priest who administers the sacrament of penance)
French
2 entries- pénitentiaire adj (of or relating to prison)
- pénitencier noun (prison)
German
2 entries- Gefängnis adj (of or relating to prison)
- Gefängnis noun (prison)
Greek
3 entries- σωφρονιστικός adj (of or relating to prison)
- κρατητήριο noun (prison)
- σωφρονιστήριο noun (prison)
Hebrew
1 entries- בֵּית סֹהַר noun (prison)
Indonesian
1 entries- lembaga pemasyarakatan noun (prison)
Irish
1 entries- príosún noun (prison)
Italian
1 entries- penitenziario noun (prison)
Japanese
1 entries- 監獄 noun (prison)
Korean
1 entries- 교도소 noun (prison)
Latin
1 entries- carcer noun (prison)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- fengsels adj (of or relating to prison)
- fengsel noun (prison)
- kasjott noun (prison)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پرانقه noun (prison)
Polish
1 entries- więzienny adj (of or relating to prison)
Portuguese
1 entries- penitenciária noun (prison)
Russian
4 entries- исправи́тельный adj (of or relating to prison)
- пенитенциа́рный тюре́мный adj (of or relating to prison)
- исправи́тельная коло́ния noun (prison)
- исправи́тельный дом noun (prison)
Slovak
1 entries- väzenský adj (of or relating to prison)
Spanish
1 entries- penitenciaría noun (prison)
Ukrainian
4 entries- в'язни́чний adj (of or relating to prison)
- виправни́й adj (of or relating to prison)
- пенітенціа́рний adj (of or relating to prison)
- тюре́мний adj (of or relating to prison)
Sample sentences
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Tom escaped from a state penitentiary.
Source: tatoeba (3922286)
Tom was imprisoned for life at a state penitentiary.
Source: tatoeba (3922474)
Tom was sent to a state penitentiary.
Source: tatoeba (3924973)
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