Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a prison

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  • adjective resembling a prison

Etymologies

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prison +‎ -like

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Examples

  • But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.

    Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011

  • But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.

    Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011

  • But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.

    Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011

  • After one of these in May, he was moved to the supposedly secure ward called Dudley Venables House, which Henry, Jan, and I feared because it would be more prisonlike than the rest of the hospital.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • After one of these in May, he was moved to the supposedly secure ward called Dudley Venables House, which Henry, Jan, and I feared because it would be more prisonlike than the rest of the hospital.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.

    Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011

  • In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

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