prison uniform

collocation in English

meaningsofprisonanduniform

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prison
noun
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən/us
/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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uniform
adjective
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us
/ˈjuː.nə.fɔːrm/
the same; not changing or different in ...
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(Definition ofprisonanduniformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are not required to put onprisonuniformbefore their daily visit by the doctor.
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Will it beprisonuniformor ordinary clothing?
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In any case, theprisonuniformis a repulsive thing.
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It is thought that he is still wearingprisonuniform.
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Unconvicted and civil prisoners and women prisoners need not wearprisonuniform.
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Unconvicted prisoners and women prisoners are not obliged to wearprisonuniform.
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I think theprisonuniformitself has a bad psychological effect upon the prisoners.
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Women may wear civilian clothing orprisonuniform.
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The few prisoners who are protesting only by refusing to wearprisonuniformor to work are taking the additional visits and letters, but so far have not taken exercise.
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What is to happen aboutprisonuniform?
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He refused to wearprisonuniformand joined the blanket protest.
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Hisprisonuniformis found two miles away from the outfall.
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At these he would preach wearing hisprisonuniformand chains.
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He leads her away from the table, but as she stumbles backwards, she rips off his suit to reveal hisprisonuniform.
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Steele made light of his incarceration by wearing aprisonuniformon stage during live performances.
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If a prisoner can not afford to have his own clothing cleaned and/or replaced, they may be issued with aprisonuniform.
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He asked the prison governor whether he could keep hisprisonuniform(this despite the fact that he spent much of his sentence in ordinary civilian street clothes).
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This began with the blanket protest in 1976, in which the prisoners refused to wearprisonuniformand wore blankets instead.
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Because he was unable to post bail he was tried in hisprisonuniform, and later was found guilty.
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Protesting prisoners automatically forfeited the three privileged visits, and their refusal to wearprisonuniformeven for visits meant they forfeited the fourth.
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