Prison and Sentence

Prison

Prison noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

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Sentence and prison are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sentence" instead a verb "Prison".

Nearby Words: prisoner, prisoned, prisoning

Sentence verb - To impose a judicial punishment on.

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Prison and sentence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prison" instead a verb "Sentence".

Nearby Words: sentenced, sentencing, sentential

full	full prison	full sentence
normal	normal prison	normal sentence
regular	regular prison	regular sentence
standard	standard prison	standard sentence
Other adjectives: original, harsh, small, actual, entire, real, new, minimum, maximum, different, previous, virtual.

Young didn't die in Alcatraz, he was sent to another federal prison and served out his sentence, then did time in state prison for a murder which took place during one of his robberies.

Source: Film / Murder in the First
They promptly arrest him for the rape and murder and drag him away to a life sentence in Mexican prison, stated to be far worse for him than the similar sentence in US prison.

Source: Good Is Not Nice
In "Cool Hand Peter", Peter, Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland are escaping from a Southern prison, whose warden has arbitrarily extended their sentence (apparently, not one ever leaves the prison).

Source: Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy

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