Collocations for "prison"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prison" in context.
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prison
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [local, state] prison
- a [low, high, medium, maximum] -security prison
- a [Turkish] prison
- the [thief, robber, rapist] is going to prison
- was [put, thrown, locked] in prison
- sent to prison for [five years, life]
- sentenced to [20 years, life] in prison
- ordered to [do, serve] [20 years] in prison
- granted [parole, bail, a release] from prison
- was [released, discharged, freed] from prison
- they [evaded, avoided, escaped] prison
- they [got, smuggled] [drugs, tobacco] into prison
- there was a [riot, disturbance, fight] in the prison
- a prison for [men, women, young offenders]
- prison [cells, guards, staff, showers, inmates]
- the prison [bully, governor, funds, van]
- the prison [currency, network]
- the prison [term, sentence, currency, network]
- [plan, scheme, design, organize, make, stage] a prison break
'prison' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
approach
- assault
- bar
- break
- bust
- cage
- cell
- compound
- convict
- crime
- currency
- discharge
- earn
- escape
- escort
- execute
- facility
- fence
- fling
- free
- gate
- haul
- hazard
- inmate
- key
- knife
- liaison
- life
- loneliness
- loophole
- murderer
- notorious
- parole
- pen
- porridge
- rape
- raw
- release
- riot
- rot
- screw
- security
- send
- sentence
- serve
- shank
- slang
- smuggle
- snake
- sound