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Guardroom

The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.

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Cell 76% connected

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Abuse verb · 78% connection

To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's power…

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Advance adjective · 78% connection

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…

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Amber room unknown · 78% connection

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber w…

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Bar noun · 78% connection

The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.

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Bilbo noun · 78% connection

A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board…

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Black hole unknown · 78% connection

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

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Cartel noun · 78% connection

An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.

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Clank verb · 78% connection

To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

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Drawing-room noun · 78% connection

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

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Durante preposition · 78% connection

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

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Escort noun · 78% connection

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as…

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Ethics noun · 78% connection

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

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Garnish verb · 78% connection

A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.

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Guardhouse noun · 78% connection

A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.

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Hayward noun · 78% connection

An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impoun…

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Itinerancy noun · 78% connection

A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way;…

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Keeper noun · 78% connection

One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

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Lock verb · 78% connection

To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock…

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