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Prison
prison
(prisons) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial. The prison’s inmates are being kept in their cells... He was sentenced to life in prison... = jail N-VAR: oft in names after n
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin prehension-, prehensio act of seizing, from prehendere to seize — more at get Date: 12th century 1. a state of confinement or captivity 2. a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers; specifically an institution (as one under state jurisdiction) for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes — compare jail II. transitive verb Date: 14th century im~, confine ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a place in which a person is kept in captivity, esp. a building to which persons are legally committed while awaiting trial or for punishment; a jail. 2 custody, confinement (in prison). --v.tr. poet. (prisoned, prisoning) put in prison. Phrases and idioms prison-breaking escape from prison. prison camp a camp for prisoners of war or of State. Etymology: ME f. OF prisun, -on f. L prensio -onis f. prehensio f. prehendere prehens- lay hold of ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. тюрьма (долгосрочного заключения) city prison — городская тюрьма convict prison — тюрьма для осужденных преступников female prison — женская тюрьма male prison — мужская тюрьма walled prison — тюрьма, обнесенная стенами wired prison — тюрьма, обнесенная колючей проволокой adult prison — тюрьма для совершеннолетних заключенных conventional prison, ordinary prison — тюрьма общего режима debtor's prison — долговая тюрьма long-term prison — тюрьма долгосрочного заключения provost prison — военная тюрьма remand prison — тюрьма предварительного заключения to land in prison — заключать в тюрьму transit prison — пересыльная тюрьма youth prison — тюрьма для несовершеннолетних Syn: lockup, jail ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. тюрьма prison sentence —- тюремное заключение, тюремный срок prison clothes —- арестантская одежда prison camp —- исправительно-трудовой лагерь; лагерь для военнопленных keeper of a prison —- тюремный надзиратель to cast (to throw) smb. into prison —- бросить кого-л. в тюрьму to lie (to be) in prison —- находиться в заключении (в тюрьме) to be sent to prison —- быть приговоренным к тюремному заключению to break (out of) prison, to escape from prison —- бежать (совершить побег) из тюрьмы he's (been) in prison —- он сидит (отбывает срок) 2. тюрьма, неволя; заключение 3. заключать в тюрьму 4. связывать, лишать свободы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) тюрьма 2) attr. тюремный; prison hospital - тюремная больница; prison camp - лагерь военнопленных 2. v. 1) poet. заключать в тюрьму 2) fig. сковывать, лишать свободы ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while waiting to go to court for their trial1 (1) (a maximum security prison | Forbes will be released from prison next week. | in prison (=being kept in prison)) (Bates was sentenced to three years in prison. | prison cell (=a room where prisoners are locked up) | prison sentence (=the length of time someone has to stay in prison) | send sb to prison (=to officially order someone to be in prison)) (Dow was sent to prison for six years for rape. | put sb in prison) (He will be put in prison for a very long time.) 2 the system of sending people to be kept in a prison (I don't believe that prison deters criminals from offending.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 12c., from O.Fr. prisoun "prison, imprisonment," altered (by influence of pris "taken," see prize (2)) from L. prensionem (nom. prensio), shortening of *prehensio "a taking," from pp. stem of prehendere "to take" (see prehensile). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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