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  • 21Send, Surrey — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.2878 longitude= 0.5263 official name= Send map type= Surrey population = 4,138 [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7 b=800073 c=GU23+7EN d=16 e=15 g=490470… …

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  • 22prison — pris|on W2S2 [ˈprızən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin prehensio act of seizing , from prehendere; PREHENSILE] 1.) [U and C] a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting to go to court… …

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  • 23prison */*/*/ — UK [ˈprɪz(ə)n] / US noun Word forms prison : singular prison plural prisons [countable/uncountable] an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime. The people who stay in prison are called prisoners in prison: He s… …

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  • 24prison — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ federal ▪ overcrowded ▪ high security (esp. BrE), maximum security (esp. AmE), supermax (AmE) …

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  • 25prison — pris|on [ prızn ] noun *** count or uncount an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime. A large prison is called a penitentiary and the people who are kept there are called prisoners: send someone to prison: He was… …

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  • 26prison — / prIzFn/ noun 1 (C, U) a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while waiting to go to court for their trial 1 (1): a maximum security prison | Forbes will be released from prison next week. | in prison (=being kept …

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  • 27Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni — The prison of Saint Laurent du Maroni (occasionally called Saint Laurent sur Maroni) was the main penal establishment of French Guiana for a century. Some of the buildings were restored in the early 1980s.HistoryOn 22 November 1850, Napoleon III… …

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  • 28send down — verb suspend temporarily from college or university, in England • Syn: ↑rusticate • Derivationally related forms: ↑rustication (for: ↑rusticate) • Hypernyms: ↑suspend, ↑ …

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  • 29send up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you send someone or something up, you imitate them in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. [BRIT, INFORMAL] → See also send up [V n P] You sense he s sending himself up as well as everything else. [V P n (not pron)] …

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  • 30send down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms send down : present tense I/you/we/they send down he/she/it sends down present participle sending down past tense sent down past participle sent down British informal 1) to send someone to prison He s been… …

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