Meanings
plural jailhouses
- A building containing a prison.
“SBF may serve as little as 12.5 years, if he gets all of the jailhouse credit available to him,” Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN.
2024 March 28, Lauren del Valle and Allison Morrow, “Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in federal prison”, in CNN Business
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Cite this entry
jailhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailhouse
“jailhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jailhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailhouse.
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