prisonlike

English

Alternative forms

• prison-like

Etymology

From prison +‎ -like.

Adjective

prisonlike (comparative more prisonlike, superlative most prisonlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a prison
   • 2007 February 22, Rachel L. Swarns, “2 Groups Compare Immigrant Detention Centers to Prisons”, in New York Times‎:

     “The prisonlike conditions, this form of detention, is not necessary,” said Michelle Brané, who heads the detention and asylum program at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.