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pris·on / ˈprizən/ • n. a building (or vessel) to which people are legally committed as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial: he died in prison both men were sent to prison. ∎  confinement in such a building: prison saves one man and hardens another.• v. (-oned, -on·ing) [tr.] poetic/lit. imprison: the young man prisoned behind the doors.

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