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Definition of Prison van

Prison van
Prison Pris"on (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile, and cf. Prize, n., Misprision.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [AE]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. Prison bars, or Prison base. See Base, n., 24. Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4. Prison house, a prison. --Shak. Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison.

Meaning of Prison van from wikipedia

- life in prison. After spending 53 years in prison that included two dozen parole hearings and parole rejections by two California governors, Van Houten...
- gang in M****ille. In May 2024, he escaped from a prison van during an armed ambush that killed two prison officers, and has not been apprehended. Amra was...
- were added to his sentence for trafficking cocaine while in prison. On 8 June 2023, Van der Sloot was extradited to the United States to face trial for...
- George Charlie Baker in Mount Eden, Auckland. The crime occurred inside a prison van bound for Mt Eden Remand Centre. The government and judicial authorities...
- A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer, is...
- HM Prison Pentonville (informally "The Ville") is an English Category B men's prison, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Pentonville Prison is...
- Anemas Prison. van Millingen 1899, p. 131. van Millingen 1899, pp. 131–132. van Millingen 1899, pp. 132–133. van Millingen 1899, p. 132. van Millingen...
- escaped prison in Union, New Jersey when three members of the Black Liberation Army took prison guards as hostages, freed Shakur and fled in a prison van. No...
- freeing Fenian prisoners, including a bomb in London and an attack on a prison van in Manchester, for which three Fenians, subsequently known as the Manchester...
- one year in prison. However, he died less than two months later after suffering from two heart attacks. A biography in 1967 estimated that van Meegeren duped...