big house

slang

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • In that case, a man incarcerated in a local jail filed a complaint with CLERB alleging that deputies damaged his personal property and mishandled legal documents during a cell search.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
  • Kerik, an Army veteran, rose to the pinnacle of law enforcement before a fall so steep that even a city jail named after him was renamed.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • He was convicted again about a decade later and sentenced to more time in prison.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
  • But Hoover will remain in prison, serving a 200-year sentence for his state court conviction for murder.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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“Big house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20house. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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