send+to+prison

  • 91old lag — n BrE old fashioned [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: lag to send to prison (1800 1900)] someone who has been in prison many times …

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  • 92incarcerate — verb Luckins returned to the site where she had been incarcerated nearly fifty years earlier Syn: imprison, put in prison, send to prison, jail, lock up, put under lock and key, put away, intern, confine, detain, hold, immure, put in chains, hold …

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  • 93COMMUNITY — antiquity middle ages character and structures functions and duties individual centers the muslim caliphate in the east …

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  • 94John Morphett — John Morphett, c. 1834 John Morphett, c. 1866 …

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  • 95mercy — /merr see/, n., pl. mercies for 4, 5. 1. compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one s power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner. 2. the disposition to be… …

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  • 96MORPHETT, Sir John (1809-1892) — South Australian pioneer was the son of a solicitor and was born at London on 4 May 1809. He received a good education at a private school, and became interested in the South Australian colonization schemes. He was present at the dinner given to… …

    Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • 97apprehend — ap·pre·hend /ˌa prə hend/ vt [Latin apprehendere to seize, arrest, from ad to + prehendere to seize]: arrest Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 98Lag — 1. send to prison; 2. report (someone) to the authorities; inform on; 3. (history) transported convict; 4. prisoner, especially one who has had many convictions; recidivist; 5. term of penal servitude …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 99lag — I Australian Slang 1. send to prison; 2. report (someone) to the authorities; inform on; 3. (history) transported convict; 4. prisoner, especially one who has had many convictions; recidivist; 5. term of penal servitude II Hartlepool Slang wee… …

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  • 100lag — 1) n a. a convict or former convict or recidivist. In non criminal circles the word is usually heard only in the phrase old lag. b. a term of imprisonment. At different times in different areas the term has denoted specific periods. Lagging is… …

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