bastilles

noun

plural of bastille
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille

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  1. jails
  2. penitentiaries
  3. prisons
  4. big houses
Noun
  • In 2019, the New York City Council voted to close the island's facilities and replace them with four smaller jails throughout the five boroughs by August 2027.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Reports also describe people in prisons and jails around the country being routinely beaten, among other abuse.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • Mexico has 276 prisons, including 14 federal penitentiaries and 249 state prisons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.
    — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
Definition of penitentiaries
Noun
  • Fewer than half of the 170,000 inmates released from California prisons between 2015 and 2019 found jobs, and many of those jobs were temporary, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • For several years, people in custody, advocates and local media have sounded the alarm about the dangers posed by extreme temperatures in Pennsylvania’s state prisons.
    — Jaquelyn Jahn, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of prisons
Noun
  • Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    — Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of big houses
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“Bastilles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastilles. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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