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(archaic) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
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(obsolete) One who depends on the receipt of alms, a beggar.
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A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
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The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
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(Britain, law, historical) The sentencing of young offenders to a special prison.
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(obsolete) A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave
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A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
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The provision of healthcare services.
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The housing together of male and female prisoners.
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(colloquial) One who cohabits, or lives with another as if married.
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(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
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A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
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A scheduled visit during which an inmate of a penal institution is permitted to have sexual intercourse with a visitor (usually his or her spouse) in a closely controlled setting.
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(informal) A person who is excessively controlling and domineering.
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(formal, euphemistic) Alternative form of correctional center. [(formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.]
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(Commonwealth, formal, euphemistic) Alternative form of correctional center. [(formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.]
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(formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.
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(Commonwealth, formal, euphemistic) Alternative form of correctional center. [(formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.]
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(chiefly US, formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.
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(US, formal, euphemistic) A prison.
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(formal, euphemistic) Alternative form of correctional center. [(formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.]
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(Commonwealth, formal, euphemistic) Alternative form of correctional center. [(formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.]
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(US) Synonym of county prison
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Obsolete form of cond (to con (a ship)).
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A form of youth work that engages with vulnerable young people on their own territory, such as streets, parks, and pubs.
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A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
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(US) An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed.
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(Canada, slang) A sentence of two years less a day (entitling the offender to serve the sentence in a provincial institution, rather than a federal penitentiary as for sentences of two years or more).
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(UK) A secure prison for dangerous criminals.
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To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).
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A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
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One who fosters; one who is designated to care for and nurture someone.
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One who to gain passage to America indentured himself, who made the voluntary decision to go into servitude so his transportation to America is paid.
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(Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.
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An investor who specializes in buying failing companies or distressed properties.
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(UK, informal) A prisoner
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A cell in a police station or courthouse in which a prisoner is held temporarily, pending charge, trial or sentencing.
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(chiefly US) The transportation of a dying patient in a hospital to the operating theatre for organ donation, flanked by friends, family and hospital staff as a sign of respect.
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(historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
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A prison, especially a temporary one.
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(euphemistic) a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp.
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A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
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Alternative spelling of jailbait [(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being "temptingly" attractive and/or seductive.]
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A prisoner or an ex-prisoner
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Alternative form of jail cell [A locked room to incarcerate an inmate in prison.]
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One who is jailed; a prisoner.
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The work or role of a jailer.
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Resembling or characteristic of prison.
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(law) Initialism of juvenile delinquent. [(law) A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.]
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That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.
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(US, Roman Catholicism, countable or uncountable) detention (after-school student punishment)
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A youth detention centre.
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A youth detention centre.
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(colloquial) A youth detention centre.
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(intransitive) To surrender, as a German in World War II.
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A system of administrative detentions in the People's Republic of China in which penal labour is done for a small salary, generally used to detain people who have committed minor crimes.
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a prison with more restrictions designed to hold the most dangerous criminals of society; supermax.
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A facility or part of a facility with minimal restrictions, designed to hold the least dangerous criminals of society.
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Synonym of criminal code.
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A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
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(Scotland) An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.
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(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (broadly) a prison.
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Work which one is compelled to perform due to lack of options, by choice while in prison, or outright against one's will, while in a condition of confinement or slavery.
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Obsolete form of prowler. [One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.]
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(US) prisoner visitation and support: a prison visitation program in US federal and military prisons
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Alternative form of reeducation camp [A camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.]
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(dated) A camp where people are rehabilitated to health, especially after injury.
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(dated) A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
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A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
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(UK, Canada) A jail that holds people who are awaiting a trial or sentencing.
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(UK) Synonym of detention home
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A market where slaves are bought and sold
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Obsolete spelling of soldier [(intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.]
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A date in a speed dating event
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(UK, transitive) To transfer (an incarcerated juvenile offender) to an adult prison earlier than the usual age of 18 or 21.
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A prison with the highest possible level of security.
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(Marxism) labour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker
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(humorous) The problem of obtaining employment for two people who wish to reside near one another.
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Alternative form of warray [(obsolete, transitive) To wage war against.]
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Synonym of juvenile court
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Alternative form of youth detention centre [A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings and/or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.]
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A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings and/or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.
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