carceral


car·cer·al

adj \ˈkär-sə-rəl\

Definition of CARCERAL

: of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison

Origin of CARCERAL

Late Latin, from Latin carcer prison
First Known Use: circa 1587

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actionable, alienable, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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