Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "prison" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

alcatraz america city countryside fenced area kansas nearly town usa

Coordinate Terms

gaol hoosegow jail slammer

Defined As

penalty for crime

Derived Terms

Prislam Prisneyland antiprison cryoprison debtors' prison dispersal prison disprison emprison enprison imprison in prison megaprison military prison nonprison open prison passport prison post prison postprison prison bars prison base prison bitch prison break prison breaker prison breaking prison camp prison cell prison chaser prison farm prison fever prison flower prison gay prison governor prison guard prison hooch prison house prison justice prison labor prison officer prison pocket prison psychosis prison purse prison record prison ring prison sentence prison state prison wall prison wallet prison warden prison wife prison wine prison-bound prison-industrial complex prisonable prisondom prisoner prisonful prisonguard prisonhouse prisonization prisonless prisonlike prisonment prisonous prisonwear stateprison unprison

Has Part

many violent people matresses

Has Property

unpleasant

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

correctional facility correctional institution situation state of affairs

Type Of (IsA)

building correctional facility correctional institution detention facility form of incarceration punishment health hazard modern shelter construction punishment punishment for crime situation where put bad people where thieves go

Receives Action

meant as deterrent to crime

Related Terms

bars big big jail building cells cells bars confinement crime facility federal federal jail government holding holding facility imprison incarceration incarceration place inmates iron iron cells jail place restrictive undesirable

Similar Terms

gaol

Synonym Network

bridewell imprison imprisonment jail

Used For

confining prisoners contain lawbreakers containing law breakers hardened criminals holding bad people holding people convicted of crimes holding prisoners house inmates keep criminals for long time keeping criminals apart from law abiding citizens lock up dangerous criminals locking up criminals punish people who break law punishing criminals punishment reeducation of inmates rehabilitation of inmates store criminals

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