Alcatraz

[al-kuh-traz]

noun

1. a small island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: site of a U.S. penitentiary 1933–63.

Alcatraz

/ ˈælkəˌtræz /

noun

1. an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963

Example Sentences

Alongside Bulger and Cooper there are the Alcatraz escapees of 1962.

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As hordes of ships sailed to California during the Gold Rush, the West Coast’s first lighthouse was illuminated on Alcatraz Island in 1854.

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The hobbling of the office comes as the White House embarks on an aggressive expansion of detention sites with an eye toward repurposing old jails or building new ones with names that telegraph harsh conditions: “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades, built by the state and operated in partnership with DHS, or the “Cornhusker Clink” in Nebraska.

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Politicians in red states propose repulsive names for their immigration detention facility — “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, for instance, or “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana.

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She even completed the infamous Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon—a 1.5-mile swim from Alcatraz Island to the shoreline, an 18-mile hilly bike ride, and an 8-mile run.

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