(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
Used in a Sentence
prison
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for prison.
Editorial note
Both Java and Flash have become security problems, so they're in various penalty boxes, beyond the plugin prison.
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Quick take
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of prison gathered in one view.
(transitive) To imprison.
(colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for prison.
noun
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
verb
(transitive) To imprison.
noun
(colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
noun
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.
Example sentences
Both Java and Flash have become security problems, so they're in various penalty boxes, beyond the plugin prison.
Also, people who are not violent sociopaths may develop such tendencies by doing the job (Stanford prison experiment).
After being sentenced to six months of hard labor at Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, presidential hopeful John F.
No innocent people locked up and you can put someone in prison in under an hour.
If the law states that a possible punishment for theft is putting the thief in prison, it makes no sense to allow people on the jury who morally object to the idea of prison.
We know all he will face if he returns home is life in prison.
The key concept is that people who have better reasons for evading the laws of nation-states--typically prison or execution-- are already out there.
AND it feels like you're walking into a prison cell full of uncivilized criminals cursing at each other when you get to the comments.
You force a large population to follow your ideology by stripping them of their right to privacy and constantly hanging the threat of prison over them.
Why should they be in prison for screwing their customers?
> which most likely does not include being returned to live in the middle of nowhere on an island prison.
Shouldn't they be in prison or something?
Quote examples
The relevant sentence in the article is: "Facing indictment and the threat of long prison sentences, eight Abacus loan department employees entered guilty pleas and agreed to cooperate with the district attorney’s investigation." So according to the article it was the threat of long prison sentences that caused them to enter guilty pleas, not that they were in any way found guilty after a trial.
Of course a few dissidents who were turned in by Google to face long prison sentences in countries with oppressive regimes might have something to say about the track record of the "do no evil" policy, but somehow everyone already forgot about that.
> Of course a few dissidents who were turned in by Google to face long prison sentences in countries with oppressive regimes might have something to say about the track record of the "do no evil" policy, but somehow everyone already forgot about that.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use prison in a sentence?
Both Java and Flash have become security problems, so they're in various penalty boxes, beyond the plugin prison.
What does prison mean?
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
What part of speech is prison?
prison is commonly used as noun, verb.