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Noun a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery

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Noun

Bulger’s body was barely cold by the time law enforcement sources were telling us that Geas and DeCologero were the chief suspects in the murder of the Boston gangster at the Hazelton federal penitentiary in West Virginia in 2018.

Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Innocence Project New Orleans said Dent was released Monday from the state penitentiary.

CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 Instead, the state is offering housing on or near the Angola campus for juvenile justice staff who agree to temporarily relocate to the penitentiary in a rural stretch of northern Louisiana near the Mississippi line.

Erin Einhorn, NBC News, 21 July 2022 Anthony and Joe Russo direct this spy/action thriller wherein Ryan Gosling plays a CIA operative plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handle (Billy Bob Thornton).

Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 In 1962, three inmates escaped from the notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary and were never seen again.

Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 Three men escaped from notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary in 1962 and have never been apprehended.

Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 At the time, Mr. Andrews was serving a life sentence in a federal penitentiary in Arizona for a 1986 double homicide.

Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2022 An inmate was fatally stabbed at the Beaumont penitentiary in 2007, followed a few months later by an inmate strangled to death by his cellmates, AP reports.

Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Jan. 2022

Adjective

Hundreds of thousands of people work in the federal penitentiary system and not all of them love Putin.

Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Proponents of the moratorium on new prisons slammed the report’s findings, saying that a new women’s penitentiary undercuts efforts to reduce incarceration in favor of treatment and rehabilitation.

Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022 The Melekhovo facility has been the subject of multiple media investigations revealing brutality in the Russian penitentiary system and systematic abuse of prisoners by guards and other convicts.

Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 Kitchen then phoned the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and learned that White was incarcerated at the Darrington Unit, a penitentiary thirty miles outside Houston.

The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 Violence in prisons has been escalating in recent years, but this was the worst penitentiary massacre in the South American country's history.

Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Sep. 2021 Burke was sentenced to 17 years, and Hodges to 12 years, in the federal penitentiary system.

Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000.

NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000.

NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 See More

单词	penitentiary
释义	penitentiary 1 of 2 noun pen·i·ten·tia·ry ˌpe-nə-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)rē plural penitentiaries 1 a : an officer in some Roman Catholic dioceses vested with power from the bishop to deal with cases of a nature normally handled only by the bishop b capitalized : a cardinal presiding over a tribunal of the Roman curia (see curia sense 3) concerned with dispensations (see dispensation sense 2) and indulgences 2 : a public institution in which offenders against the law are confined for detention or punishment specifically : a state or federal prison in the U.S. a federal penitentiary in Virginia penitentiary 2 of 2 adjective pen·i·ten·tia·ry ˌpe-nə-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)rē sense 1 also -ˈten(t)-shē-ˌer-ē 1 : penitential 2 : of, relating to, or incurring confinement in a penitentiary Synonyms Noun bastille big house [slang] bridewell brig calaboose can clink [slang] cooler coop guardroom hock hold hoosegow jail jailhouse joint [slang] jug lockup nick [British slang] pen pokey [slang] prison quod [British slang] slam slammer stir [slang] stockade tolbooth [Scottish] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery Recent Examples on the Web Noun Bulger’s body was barely cold by the time law enforcement sources were telling us that Geas and DeCologero were the chief suspects in the murder of the Boston gangster at the Hazelton federal penitentiary in West Virginia in 2018. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Innocence Project New Orleans said Dent was released Monday from the state penitentiary. CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 Instead, the state is offering housing on or near the Angola campus for juvenile justice staff who agree to temporarily relocate to the penitentiary in a rural stretch of northern Louisiana near the Mississippi line. Erin Einhorn, NBC News, 21 July 2022 Anthony and Joe Russo direct this spy/action thriller wherein Ryan Gosling plays a CIA operative plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handle (Billy Bob Thornton). Ben Flanagan \| Bflanagan@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 In 1962, three inmates escaped from the notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary and were never seen again. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 Three men escaped from notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary in 1962 and have never been apprehended. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 At the time, Mr. Andrews was serving a life sentence in a federal penitentiary in Arizona for a 1986 double homicide. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2022 An inmate was fatally stabbed at the Beaumont penitentiary in 2007, followed a few months later by an inmate strangled to death by his cellmates, AP reports. Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Jan. 2022 Adjective Hundreds of thousands of people work in the federal penitentiary system and not all of them love Putin. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Proponents of the moratorium on new prisons slammed the report’s findings, saying that a new women’s penitentiary undercuts efforts to reduce incarceration in favor of treatment and rehabilitation. Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022 The Melekhovo facility has been the subject of multiple media investigations revealing brutality in the Russian penitentiary system and systematic abuse of prisoners by guards and other convicts. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 Kitchen then phoned the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and learned that White was incarcerated at the Darrington Unit, a penitentiary thirty miles outside Houston. The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 Violence in prisons has been escalating in recent years, but this was the worst penitentiary massacre in the South American country's history. Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Sep. 2021 Burke was sentenced to 17 years, and Hodges to 12 years, in the federal penitentiary system. Carol Robinson \| Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000. NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000. NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Noun and Adjective Middle English penitenciary, from Medieval Latin poenitentiarius, from poenitentia First Known Use Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adjective 1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition penitentiary noun pen·i·ten·tia·ry ˌpe-nə-ˈten-shə-rē plural penitentiaries : prison Legal Definition penitentiary noun pen·i·ten·tia·ry ˌpe-nə-ˈten-chə-rē plural penitentiaries : a state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup penitentiary noun as in prison a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance prison jail brig bridewell jailhouse stockade calaboose lockup slammer coop guardroom bastille pen hoosegow cage big house pokey cooler hock tolbooth dungeon clink jug joint quod can cell tank slam stir nick ward gulag guardhouse reformatory bull pen hold hole stalag prison camp labor camp glasshouse concentration camp keep work camp oubliette block reform school hulk(s) training school Antonyms & Near Antonyms outside
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