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/ɪn'kɑ:səreɪt/

AmE

/ɪn'kɑ:rsəreɪt/

verb, formal - to lock someone up esp. in prison

BrE

/eks'kɒn/

AmE

/eks'kɑ:n/

noun, informal - a person who was in prison for something

BrE

/eks'kɒnvɪkt/

AmE

/eks'kɑ:nvɪkt/

noun - a person who was in prison for something

BrE

/breɪk'aʊt/

AmE

/breɪk'ɑʊt/

verb - to escape from a place, esp. prison etc.

BrE

/'dʒeɪl/

AmE

/'dʒeɪl/

noun - a prison, a building where criminals are kept

BrE

/'dʌndʒən/

AmE

/'dʌndʒən/

noun - an underground prison that was used in the past

BrE

/ˌset'fri:/

AmE

/ˌset'fri:/

verb - to let something or somebody go (from prison etc.)

BrE

/kən'vɪktɪd/

AmE

/kən'vɪktɪd/

adjective - found guilty of a crime and sent to prison for it

BrE

/'sel/

AmE

/'sel/

noun - a small room in a prison where a criminal is locked

BrE

/'ɪnmeɪt/

AmE

/'ɪnmeɪt/

noun - a person locked up in a prison or a mental hospital

BrE

/pə'rəʊl/

AmE

/pə'roʊl/

noun - a conditional release from prison before the end of the sentence

BrE

/'laɪf sentəns/

AmE

/'laɪf sent̬əns/

noun - a punishment of being in prison for the rest of your life

noun, informal - someone who has been sent to prison for the rest of their life

BrE

/kən'vɪktɪd 'felən/

AmE

/kən'vɪktɪd 'felən/

noun, American English - a person who was found guilty of a crime and went to prison for it

BrE

/'haʊsəˌrest/

AmE

/'haʊsəˌrest/

noun - a kind of punishment that makes you stay in your house instead of a prison