brignoun [ C ]
uk/brɪɡ/us/brɪɡ/USa military prison, especially one on a US navy ship
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Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- clink
- concentration camp
- halfway house
- HMP
- house of correction
- jail
- jailer
- matron
- prison camp
- protective custody
- remand centre
- screw
- seclusion room
- slop
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
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Examples from literature
- It's a brig, sure enough, he declared, "and I can't see any sign of life on her."