(solitary confinement)
1solitary confinement — n. Imprisoning someone alone in an isolated cell, without contact with fellow prisoners or without any human contact at all, even from prison employees. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …
2solitary confinement — solitary con finement n [U] a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone and is not allowed to see anyone else in solitary confinement ▪ He spent more than half his time in prison in solitary confinement …
3solitary confinement — n. confinement of a prisoner in isolation from all other prisoners, often in a dungeonlike cell: a form of extra punishment for misconduct …
4solitary confinement — ► NOUN ▪ the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment …
5Solitary confinement — For other uses, see Solitary confinement (disambiguation). Solitary confinement is a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes… …
6Solitary Confinement — Infobox Album Name = Solitary Confinement Type = studio Artist = Leæther Strip Released = 1992 Recorded = Genre = Electronica Length = Label = Zoth Ommog Producer = Reviews = Last album = Science for the Satanic Citizen (1992) This album =… …
7solitary confinement — n. 1) to put smb. into solitary confinement 2) in solitary confinement * * * in to put smb. into solitary confinement …
8solitary confinement — N UNCOUNT: usu in N A prisoner who is in solitary confinement is being kept alone away from all other prisoners, usually as a punishment. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail …
9solitary confinement — solitary con finement noun uncount a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone, separate from other prisoners …
10solitary confinement — noun confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners he was held in solitary • Syn: ↑solitary • Hypernyms: ↑confinement …
