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Dictionary French ↔ English: prison

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NOUN

la prison | les prisons

NOUN	a prison \| prisons	edit
SYNO	prison \| prison house
prison \| prison house © Princeton University

carcéral {adj}

2

prison [attr.]

Nouns

prison {f}

19

prison {f}

dr. pénitencier {m}

trou {m} [fam.]

dr. zonzon {f} [fam.] [prison]

dr. geôle {f} [littéraire]

prison [dungeon]

dr. maison {f} centrale

prison [for offenders with sentences over two years]

2 Words: Nouns

convoyeur {m} (de prisonniers)

(prison) escort

dr. occup. convoyeuse {f} (de prisonniers)

(prison) escort [female]

garde-chiourme {m}

(prison) warder

dr. occup. gardien {m} de prison

corrections officer [Am.]

dr. occup. gardienne {f} de prison

corrections officer [female] [Am.]

dr. prison {m} à perpète [fam.]

life imprisonment

dr. prison {m} à perpétuité

life imprisonment

dr. colonie {f} pénitentiaire

prison camp

dr. cellule {f} [prison]

prison cell

occup. relig. aumônier {m} de prison

prison chaplain

dr. directeur {m} de la prison

prison director

dr. directrice {f} de la prison

prison director [female]

dr. milieu {m} carcéral

prison environment

dr. directeur {m} de la prison

prison governor [esp. Br.]

dr. directrice {f} de la prison

prison governor [female] [esp. Br.]

dr. occup. surveillant {m} de prison

prison guard [Am.]

dr. occup. surveillante {f} de prison

prison guard [Am.] [female]

île-prison {f}

prison island

dr. relig. aumônerie {f} de prison

prison ministry

dr. peine {f} d'emprisonnement

prison sentence

dr. peine {f} de prison

prison sentence

dr. condamnation {f} à la prison

prison sentence

dr. peine {f} privative de liberté

prison sentence

dr. régime {m} pénitentiaire

prison system

dr. peine {f} d'emprisonnement

prison term

dr. peine {f} privative de liberté

prison term

dr. visiteur {m} de prison

prison visiter [volunteer]

dr. visiteuse {f} de prison

prison visiter [volunteer] [female]

dr. occup. gardien {m} de prison

prison warder [Br.]

dr. occup. surveillant {m} de prison

prison warder [Br.]

dr. occup. surveillante {f} de prison

prison warder [Br.] [female]

dr. occup. gardienne {f} de prison

prison warder [female] [Br.]

3 Words: Verbs

dr. être en tôle [fam.] [var. orth. de taule] [prison]

to be in prison

dr. s'évader de prison

to break from jail

dr. s'évader de prison

to escape from custody

dr. s'évader de prison

to escape from prison

dr. se faire coffrer [fam.]

to go to prison

dr. s'évader de prison

to make a jailbreak

dr. emprisonner qn.

to put sb. in prison

dr. mettre qn. en prison

to put sb. in prison

dr. coller qn. en prison [fig.] [fam.]

to put sb. in prison [fig.] [coll.]

dr. relâcher qn. de prison

to release sb. from prison

croupir en prison [loc.]

to rot in prison [idiom]

moisir en prison [loc.]

to rot in prison [idiom]

dr. mettre qn. en prison

to send sb. to prison

dr. coller qn. en prison [fig.] [fam.]

to stick sb. in prison [fig.] [coll.]

dr. jeter qn. en prison

to throw sb. in prison

dr. jeter qn. en prison

to throw sb. into jail

4 Words: Verbs

dr. pour éviter d'aller en prison

to avoid going to prison

dr. s'évader de prison

to break out of jail

dr. s'évader de prison

to break out of prison

s'enfuir de la prison

to escape from (the) prison

arch. présenter l'aspect d'une prison

to look like a prison

4 Words: Nouns

dr. mise {f} en liberté provisoire

provisional release from prison

dr. allègement {m} de la peine

reduction in prison term

dr. condamnation {f} à dix ans de prison

ten-year prison sentence

5+ Words: Others

littérat. philos. sociol. Surveiller et punir [Michel Foucault]

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

5+ Words: Verbs

dr. risquer vingt ans de prison

to face twenty years in prison

laisser croupir qn. en prison

to leave sb. to rot in prison

dr. punir qn. d'une peine d'emprisonnement

to punish sb. with a prison sentence

dr. condamner qn. à une peine de dix ans de prison

to send sb. down for a ten-year stretch [sl.] [idiom]

tirer cinq ans en prison [fam.]

to spend five years in prison

dr. passer ses meilleures années en prison

to spend one's best years in prison

5+ Words: Nouns

dr. peine {f} incompressible

prison term with no provision for remission

Fiction (Literature and Film)

dr. sociol. F Surveiller et punir : naissance de la prison [Michel Foucault] [1975]

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

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