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megaprison

noun

Etymology

From mega- + prison.

  1. derived from prehensiōnem
  2. derived from prison
  3. inherited from prisūn
  4. inherited from prisoun
  5. formed as megaprison — “mega- + prison”

Definitions

  1. An extremely large prison.

    • Some 64,000 people have been arrested since the state of emergency began, some of whom have been transferred to a megaprison earlier this year.
    • More than 3,000 people have been arrested since Jan. 9. The police have even released images of some detainees stripped down to their underwear, recalling images from Mr. Bukele's infamous megaprisons.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA