prison-boundadj.1
/ˈprɪznbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈprɪznˌbaʊnd/ Imprisoned; confined in a prison.
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1816 Examiner 1 Sept. 552/1 Ah, first-born of thy mother..My bird when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion.
1869 Reformed Church Messenger 21 July 6/4 How many hundreds are there.., prison-bound by their narrow dwellings and the immediate neighborhood around them, breathing a miasmatized air!
1933 E. Younghusband Living Universe 124 Last night I lived a mean and abject thing, Content in bondage, glad and prison-bound.
2001 Mirror (Nexis) 19 Jan. (Features section) 5 He finds himself up against a five-star general.., who is now a prisoner and who sets about organising his prison-bound troops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
prison-boundadj.2
/ˈprɪznbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈprɪznˌbaʊnd/ Chiefly North American.
Destined for prison; heading to prison.
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1886 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 27 Nov. 8 (caption) A fit subject for a pardon. The pathetic parting of a broken-down prison-bound counterfeiter and his little child friend at Louisville, KY.
1945 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 18 Sept. 8/7 Each was locked in different box-cars on the same prison-bound German train.
2004 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 8 Aug. Society can't simply throw up its hands, blame parents and continue to turn out poorly educated, prison-bound youth.
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