Prison and Pen

Prison

Prison noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison

Pen is a synonym for prison (North American) in enclosure topic. In some cases you can use "Pen" instead a noun "Prison", when it comes to topics like free, can, residence for incarcerating criminals. informal substitute

Nearby Words: prisoner, prisoned, prisoning

Pen

Pen noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: earned six years in a federal pen
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Synonyms for Pen

Prison is a synonym for pen in enclosure topic. You can use "Prison" instead a noun "Pen", if it concerns topics such as free. popular alternative

Nearby Word: penholder

How words are described

full full prison full pen
special special prison special pen
normal normal prison normal pen
regular regular prison regular pen
Other adjectives: original, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, famous, new, federal, underground, giant, magical.
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