French word senses marked with topical category "Prison"
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Total 33 word senses
- bagne (Noun) penal colony; prison where prisoners are forced to labour
- carcéral (Adjective) prison; penal
- cellule (Noun) cell
- cellule (Noun) cell (of prison)
- cellule (Noun) cell
- cellule (Noun) cell
- cellule (Noun) cell
- cellule (Noun) table cell
- confinement (Noun) lockdown
- embastillement (Noun) imprisonment
- embastiller (Verb) to imprison in Bastille
- emprisonnement (Noun) imprisonment
- encagement (Noun) incarceration
- enfermement (Noun) confinement
- geôle (Noun) jail, prison, gaol
- gibier de potence (Noun) gallows bird (someone destined for or deserving punishment by hanging)
- goulag (Noun) gulag
- hebs (Noun) prison, can
- incarcération (Noun) incarceration, imprisonment
- incarcérer (Verb) to incarcerate
- levée d'écrou (Noun) release (from prison)
- maison de correction (Noun) reform school, reformatory, borstal; house of correction
- maison de redressement (Noun) reform school, reformatory, borstal; house of correction
- mitard (Noun) hole (place where a prisoner is kept in solitary confinement)
- pendard (Noun) gallows bird, rascal, one who deserves to hang
- prisonnier (Noun) prisoner
- prisonnier de guerre (Noun) prisoner of war, POW
- pénitencier (Noun) penitentiary, prison
- résidence surveillée (Noun) house arrest
- taule (Noun) jail, clink
- verrouillage (Noun) lockdown, quarantine
- zonpri (Noun) prison
- écrou (Noun) a prison register, prison admission form
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