quod

noun

ˈkwäd How to pronounce quod (audio)
Definition of quodnext
British slang
as in penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the robbers who made off with nearly a half million pounds will likely spend a good long time in quod

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  1. penitentiary
  2. jail
  3. prison
Noun
  • From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But there’s a war out there in Tulsa, whose lucrative drug trade is not being overseen by the usual cartel, but by a native tribe chief (Graham Greene) who runs the Indian Brotherhood from a state penitentiary.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of penitentiary
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  • Doing so can result in a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.
    Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Smollett spent less than a week in jail after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his attorneys to delay his sentence and grant him bail until their appeal is resolved, CNN previously reported.
    Megan Thomas, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of jail
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  • Another suspect, Gary Howard Oliva, who spent eight years in prison on child pornography charges, was first named as a person of interest in a 2002 episode of the CBS show 48 Hours Investigates.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The judge in the case reduced that sentence to eight years in prison and a $15,100 fine — with three of those eight years to be served in home detention — with Kennedy also ordered to serve five years of probation and undergo random drug testing and mental health counseling.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of prison
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“Quod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quod. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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