maximum-security
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of maximum-security
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Last week, he was transferred while awaiting trial to Bolivia’s maximum-security Chonchocoro prison, infamous for its high-altitude, ill-heated confines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Patterson watched this week's proceedings at Melbourne's Supreme Court via a live video link from her maximum-security prison, the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western suburbs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hoetzlein will be placed in a maximum-security state mental hospital for treatment, the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
On Kinhan's return to Ireland, RTÉ have said that a large security operation will be in place and the prison service has also upgraded facilities in the maximum-security Portlaoise Prison.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I had never seen the inside of a maximum-security prison—and had certainly never been to death row.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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