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penitentiary

adjective#13,955

Translation

刑務所けいむしょ

English definition

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Examples

Three long-term inmates of the state penitentiary have just escaped.

Similar words

penitential penitentiaries penitent penitents penitently plenipotentiary

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