| cons | |
| Bastille | |
| lockup(noun, verb) | |
| holding cell | |
| hoosegow | |
| hoosgow | |
| house of correction | |
| workhouse | |
| confine | |
| dungeon | |
| imprison | |
| incarcerate(noun, verb) | |
| jailbait | |
| keep | |
| penitentiary(noun, verb) | |
| prison | |
| punish(noun, verb) | |
| sentence(noun, verb) | |
| solitary confinement | |
| vault |
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