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pris•on /ˈprɪzən/USA pronunciation n.

[countable] a place for keeping people accused of a crime and awaiting trial, or for keeping prisoners.
imprisonment:[uncountable]thirty years in prison.
[countable] any place or state of confinement.

pris•on (priz′ən),USA pronunciation n.

a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
See state prison.
any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.
imprisonment.

Latin pre(hē)nsiōn- (stem of prehēnsiō) a seizure, arrest, equivalent. to prehēns(us) (past participle of prehendere to seize) + -iōn- -ion; doublet of prehension
Old French, variant of preson imprisonment, a prison
Middle English prison, earlier prisun bef. 1150

pris′on•like′, adj.

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prison /ˈprɪz^ən/ n

a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial
See also jail, penitentiary, reformatory
any place of confinement or seeming confinement

Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French prisun, from Latin prēnsiō a capturing, from prehendere to lay hold of

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