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prison-bound

prison-bound adjective: destined for prison, by leading a life of crime.

Adjective

prison-bound (comparative more prison-bound, superlative most prison-bound)

  1. Destined for prison, by leading a life of crime.
  2. Incarcerated.

Forms of prison-bound

comparativemore prison-bound
superlativemost prison-bound

Questions about prison-bound

What does prison-bound mean?
Prison-bound means destined for prison, by leading a life of crime.
What part of speech is prison-bound?
Prison-bound is an adjective.

Words near prison-bound in the dictionary

  1. prison wallets
  2. prison walls
  3. prison wife
  4. prison wine
  5. prison wives
  6. prison-bound
  7. prisonable
  8. prisondom
  9. prisoned
  10. prisoner
  11. prisoner at large

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