prisonlike

prisonlike

English

Alternative forms

  • prison-like

Etymology

    From prison + -like.

    Adjective

    prisonlike (comparative more prisonlike, superlative most prisonlike)

    1. Resembling or characteristic of a prison
      • 2007 February 22, Rachel L. Swarns, “2 Groups Compare Immigrant Detention Centers to Prisons”, in New York Times[1]:
        “The prisonlike conditions, this form of detention, is not necessary,” said Michelle Brané, who heads the detention and asylum program at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.