prison sentence

  • 1prison sentence — jail term, punishment that must be served in a penitentiary …

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  • 2Prison Break (season 2) — Prison Break season 2 Prison Break season two DVD cover Country of origin United States …

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  • 3Prison religion — includes the religious beliefs and practices of prison , usually stemming from or including concepts surrounding their imprisonment and accompanying lifestyle. [ [http://academic.scranton.edu/faculty/DAMMERH2/religion.html Religion in Prison ]… …

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  • 4prison — prisonlike, adj. /priz euhn/, n. 1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc. 2. See state prison. 3. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint. 4. imprisonment. [bef.… …

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  • 5sentence — sen|tence1 W2S1 [ˈsentəns] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin sententia feeling, opinion, sentence , from sentire; SENTIENT] 1.) a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete idea. Sentences… …

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  • 6sentence — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 group of words ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ Try to keep your sentences short. ▪ complete, whole ▪ broken …

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  • 7sentence — 1 / sentFns/ noun (C) 1 a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, expresses a complete idea or asks a question, and that, when written in English, begins with a capital letter and ends with a full­stop1 (1) 2 a punishment that… …

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  • 8Sentence (law) — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …

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  • 9prison — pris|on W2S2 [ˈprızən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin prehensio act of seizing , from prehendere; PREHENSILE] 1.) [U and C] a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting to go to court… …

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  • 10prison — / prIzFn/ noun 1 (C, U) a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while waiting to go to court for their trial 1 (1): a maximum security prison | Forbes will be released from prison next week. | in prison (=being kept …

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