prisonlike
Americanadjective
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KAMPALA, Uganda—Fifteen migrants the U.S. deported to Cameroon in recent weeks are being held in prisonlike conditions at a secret detention facility, according to lawyers for some of the deportees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“My goal is to lead everybody to more open and accessible schools, instead of prisonlike spaces,” the architect says.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2019
In the lawsuit, the women describe the institute’s workplace as a “nightmare, prisonlike environment.”
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2018
“There are prisonlike elements,” she said in 2013 at a forum with Laura Bush.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2016
The background was dominated everywhere by big, prisonlike factories, all of which appeared to be shut.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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