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prison

/ˈprɪzn/

noun
- 1. a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial: "he died in prison"
verb
- 1. imprison: literary "the young man was prisoned behind the doors"
Word Origin late Old English, from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio(n-), variant of prehensio(n-) ‘laying hold of’, from the verb prehendere.
Scrabble Points: 8
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