hoosegow

Example Sentences

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He was tackled by a gendarme in the paint on the 76ers’ half of the court, unceremoniously picked up and hustled down a Capital One Arena tunnel and, hopefully, to the nearest hoosegow.

From Washington Post

Dramatic was the image of federal agents greeting Epstein’s private jet at Teterboro Airport, the taxiway of moguls and stars, to bundle the old goat off to the hoosegow.

From Washington Post

It went to that motley entity known here as Olympic Athletes from Russia, whose flag and national anthem were banned from these Games as a method of hurling the Russian nation into the big-doping hoosegow.

From Washington Post

In this peculiar piece of sci-fi sensationalism, Frank Grillo plays Mark, a tough Los Angeles cop, now suspended from the force, whom we first see springing his ne’er-do-well adult son, Trent, from the hoosegow.

From New York Times

For all the short-term tabloid attention that Shkreli’s prosecution is likely to garner, the odds against a truly satisfying, Madoff-style turn in the hoosegow for our boy CEO are steep.

From The Guardian