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prison nom {f} | prison [prisons]◼◼◼(confinement in a prison) prison [prisons]◼◼◼(place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) jail [jails]◼◼◼(place for short-term confinement) |
prison dorée nom {f} | gilded cage◼◼◼(place or situation which is attractive but constraining) |
prisonnier nom {m} | prisoner [prisoners]◼◼◼(figurative: any person held against his or her will) prisoner [prisoners]◼◼◼(person incarcerated in a prison) capture [captures]◼◼◻(something that has been captured) |
prisonnier d'opinion nom {m} | prisoner of conscience◼◼◼(person) |
prisonnier de guerre nom {m} | prisoner of war◼◼◼(combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict) |
prisonnier politique nom {m} | political prisoner◼◼◼(person) |
prisonnière nom {f} | prisoner [prisoners]◼◼◼(figurative: any person held against his or her will) prisoner [prisoners]◼◼◼(person incarcerated in a prison) |
prisonnière de guerre nom {f} | prisoner of war◼◼◼(combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict) |
balle aux prisonniers nom {f} | dodgeball◼◼◼(a sport) |
camp de prisonniers nom {m} | prison camp◼◼◼(camp for prisoners) |
cellule (often used without adding "de prison") nom {f} | prison cell◼◼◼(room to which a prisoner is confined) |
directeur de prison nom {m} | warden [wardens]◼◼◼(a chief administrative officer of a prison) |
emprisonnement nom {m} | imprisonment [imprisonments]◼◼◼(confinement) entrapment [entrapments]◼◻◻(state of being entrapped) |
emprisonnement à perpétuité nom {m} | life sentence◼◼◼(sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) |
emprisonner verbe | imprison [imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisons]◼◼◼(put in prison) |
emprisonné adjectif | confined◼◼◼(not free to move) |
faire de la prison verbe | do time◼◼◼(colloquial: to spend time in prison) |
gardien de prison nom {m} | prison guard◼◼◼(person working to provide order to in a jail) |
imprisonner verbe | incarcerate [incarcerated, incarcerating, incarcerates](to lock away in prison) |
mettre en prison verbe | imprison [imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisons]◼◼◼(put in prison) |