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prisonize

prisonize verb: to make like a prison, or adapt to the conditions of a prison.

Verb

prisonize (third-person singular simple present prisonizes, present participle prisonizing, simple past and past participle prisonized)

  1. (transitive) To make like a prison, or adapt to the conditions of a prison.

Forms of prisonize

third-person singular presentprisonizes
present participleprisonizing
past participleprisonized
pastprisonized

Origin of prisonize

From prison + -ize.

Questions about prisonize

What does prisonize mean?
Prisonize means to make like a prison, or adapt to the conditions of a prison.
What part of speech is prisonize?
Prisonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of prisonize?
The past tense of prisonize is prisonized.

Words near prisonize in the dictionary

  1. prisonhouse
  2. prisonhouses
  3. prisoning
  4. prisonization
  5. prisonizations
  6. prisonize
  7. prisonized
  8. prisonizes
  9. prisonizing
  10. prisonless
  11. prisonlike

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