STOCKADE Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

stockade

noun

stä-ˈkād

Definition of stockade

as in penitentiary

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody prisoners of war confined in a stockade

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Recent Examples of stockade Fort Massac on the Ohio River waterfront is a faithful reconstruction of an 1802 American fort built on the site of a French stockade erected in 1757 to safeguard the region from British invasion during the French & Indian War. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025 The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024 Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta. — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for stockade

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Noun

Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, is set to die by lethal injection at the state’s penitentiary in rural McAlester.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
One of her clients has gone MIA from the state penitentiary – but how can a man go missing in prison?

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of penitentiary

Noun

Children taken into state care because the parents are sitting in jail unconvicted.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
The ex-wife of Detroit rapper Eminem was sent to jail on Thursday after there were multiple bond violations, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of jail

Noun

The rapper, born Kentrell Gaulden, was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison with credit for time served dating back to at least May 2024.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Clancy, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, could face life in prison if convicted.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prison

Noun

Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Word around baseball is all the losing has turned the Mets clubhouse, which has already been fractured these past couple years, into a joyless brig.

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026

Definition of brig

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