English Explanatory Dictionary

dispersal prison

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secure prison for dangerous criminals.

Word forms

dispersal prison dispersal prisons

Etymology

So called because criminals can be "dispersed" or moved between such prisons as required.

Synonyms

dispersal
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