Topic: JAIL AND PUNISHMENT
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preventive detention [uncountable]
British English lawSCJ a system in which people who are guilty of many crimes are kept in prison for a long time
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Definition of preventive detention from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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borstal
cell
chain
chain gang
concentration camp
concurrent
confinement
convict
correctional
custodial sentence
custody
death row
detainee
detention
detention centre
dungeon
fetter
fetters
governor
guard
gulag
handcuff
handcuffs
incarcerate
inmate
inside
intern
internment
jail
jailbreak
labour camp
lifer
oubliette
parole(n)
parole(v)
pen
penal
penitentiary
pillory
pokey
political prisoner
porridge
preventive detention
prison
prison camp
prisoner
prisoner of conscience
prisoner of war
punishment
reformatory
remission
serve
shackle(n)
shackle(v)
solitary
solitary confinement
stretch
thumbscrew
warden
warder
yardbird
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