Alexander Acosta, when he was the U.S. attorney in Miami, agreed in 2008 to an Epstein guilty plea agreement under which he served 13 months in a local stockade, but was freed half of most days to go to work at his office.
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Stockade
/ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
Synonyms for "stockade" (126 found)
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circumvallationconcentration campcondemned cellcontravallationcoolercoopcounterscarpcountervallationcurtaindeath celldeath housedeath rowdemibastiondetention campdikedrawbridgedungeonearthworkenclosureentanglement
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guardhouseguardroomhoosegowhouse of correctionhouse of detentionindustrial schoolinternment campjailjailhousejugkeeplabor camplockuploopholelunettemachicolationmanteletmaximum-security prisonmerlonminimum-security prison
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15 entriescampdefensedefensive barrierdetentiondetention facilityfencefence infortificationimprisonmentmilitary fortificationmunitionpalisadepenal enclosuresurroundwall
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12 entriesbuild a stockadeerect a stockadeestablish a stockadefort stockadefortify with a stockadeprison stockadestockade a fortstockade a perimeterstockade fortstockade walltimber stockadewooden stockade
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The thief was thrown into the stockade to await trial.
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