prison

n. jail, penitentiary, location where convicted criminals and people awaiting trial are confined

v. imprison, put in prison, incarcerate, jail, detain

A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.
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Noun
1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
(synonym) prison house
(hypernym) correctional institution
(hyponym) camp
(part-meronym) cellblock, ward
2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
(synonym) prison house
(hypernym) situation, state of affairs

n. jail, gaol, prison; internment, penitentiary

(v. t.)
To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
  

(v. t.)
To bind (together); to enchain.
  

(n.)
Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.
  

(n.)
A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.