carceraladj.
Of or belonging to a prison.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > of or relating to place of confinement
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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 780/2 Released from his carcerall induraunce.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Carceral, of or belonging to a prison.
1678–96 in E. Phillips New World of Words
1909 Westm. Gaz. 5 Jan. 2/1 Any punishment, carceral or otherwise.
1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading xix. 191 The [prison] door opened, whining, rattling and groaning in keeping with all the rules of carceral counterpoint.
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