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prison

noun as in residence for incarcerating criminals

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A lot changed while he was in prison, they said.

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HASAKAH, Syria—In a wing of the notorious Al Sina prison in northeastern Syria, where some of the world’s most dangerous inmates are held, guards wearing balaclavas stood along a corridor lined with cells.

He is expected to begin serving his prison sentence shortly as his appeal process comes to an end.

He described watching the fall of the Berlin Wall from a communal television in prison.

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"If they grant me asylum, how can I stay here when my wife is in Iran? If they deport me, I could go to prison the moment I land."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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