Reverse Dictionary: PRISON – ADJECTIVES

► ABROADED imprisoned → L19 sl.
► ACROSS THE BUBBLE into prison → 1912 criminals’ sl.
► AWAY in prison → 1909 Brit. euphemism
► BACK ON THE YARD out of solitary confinement → 1930s US prison sl.
► BAGGED UP in one’s cell → 1970s sl.
► BANGED AWAY locked up in one’s cell; in prison → 20C sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
► BANGED UP locked up in one’s cell; in prison → 20C sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
► BEHIND imprisoned → 1961 US sl.
► BEHIND BARS in prison → 1951 sl.
► BEHIND THE DOOR locked in a prison cell → 1996 UK sl.
► BOOB HAPPY suffering from a form of neurosis brought about by the strain of prison routine → 1981 Aust. prison sl.. (Bk.)
► BOWLEGGED 1990s US prison sl. – of a prison sentence: consecutive; concurrent
► BUNGED UP in a prison cell → 20C sl.
► BURIED serving a life sentence → 20C US criminal sl.
► CARCERAL belonging to a prison → 1563 obs.
► DAY-FOR-DAY serving a prison sentence without any reduction in the sentence for good behaviour → 1990 US sl.
► DOWN THE BLOCK sent to solitary confinement → 1970 UK prison sl. (Bk.)
► DOWN THE CHUTE in prison → 1920s Aust. sl.
► DOWN THE RIVER serving time in prison → L19 sl.
► EATING CORN serving time in prison → 1940s Aust. prison sl.
► FASTENED UP imprisoned → 2000 UK sl.
► FLUMMOXED ► FLUMMUXED imprisoned for 1 month → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► FRESH AND SWEET just out of jail → 2006 US street sl. (Bk.)
► GATE HAPPY of prisoners: 7exuberant or excited at the approach of a release date → 1996 UK sl.
► GATEY of prisoners: suffering anxiety as the date of release from prison approaches ..1959 UK sl.
► ICED in jail; placed in the punishment block, in a dark cell in prison → 1925 US criminals’ sl.
► IMMURATE immured; enclosed in walls or as in walls; imprisoned, confined  → 1593 obs.
► IN in prison → 19C sl.
► IN-BACK in the death chamber ..1928 US prison sl.
► IN DUTCH in jail; imprisoned → 20C US criminals’ sl.
► IN HOCK in prison → 1860 sl.
► IN LUMBER in prison → 1812 Brit. sl.
► IN QUOD in prison → 1700 sl.
► INSIDE in prison → 1888 sl.
► IN STIR in prison → 1851 sl.
► IN THE SHADE in prison → 1925 US criminals’ sl.
► JAMMED of prison sentences: concurrent → 1982 US sl.
► JOINTWISE well-adjusted to prison life; capable of sustaining one’s existence in prison → 20C US prison sl.
► JUGGED imprisoned → 1996 UK sl.
► KEY HAPPY used of a prison officer who is keen to keep inmates locked in their cells → 1996 UK sl.
► LAGGED imprisoned, transported → L18 sl.
► LIFED-UP sentenced to life imprisonment → 2002 UK sl.
► MAINLINE pert. to the main prison population, and the rules to which it is subjected → 1930s US prison sl.
► MUSCLE-HAPPY said of as prisoner who concentrates on physical fitness in jail → 1958 US sl.
► ON BONE unpopular among fellow prisoners after committing some form of mistake in terms of inmate codes of conduct → 2000s US prison sl.
► ON THE CORN serving time in prison → 1940s Aust. prison sl.
► ON THE IN in prison → 2000 UK sl.
► ON THE SHELF in solitary confinement → 1935 US prison sl.
► ON VACATION serving a jail or prison sentence → 1986 Amer. dial.
► OUT OF TOWN in jail or prison → 1982 US sl.
► OUTSIDE out of prison → 1903 sl.
► QUODDED imprisoned → L17 sl.
► SLABBED AND SLID dead and gone, or certainly long since departed from the prison and thus the immediate knowledge or interest of those left behind → 1940s UK prison sl.
► STACKED used of prison sentences, consecutive, not concurrent → 1998 US sl.
► STATE-RAISED said of a prisoner who has spent most of his life incarcerated → 1992 US sl.
► TALL of a prison sentence: lengthy → 1992 US sl.
► THREED-UP having three prisoners sharing a cell → 1960s UK prison sl.
► TIPPED UP having a membership in a prison gang or clique → 2000s US prison sl.
► TWOED-UP having two prisoners sharing a cell → 1960s UK prison sl.
► UNDER COVER safe from the police; out of jail → 1901 US criminals’ sl.
► UNDER GLASS imprisoned; arrested → 1920s sl., orig. US
► UNDER THE SCREW in prison → M19 sl.
► UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF until a prison clique disbands; ultimately loyal → 1989 US sl.
► UP arrested, in prison → L19 sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
► UP ABOVE in prison → 1910s Aust. sl.
► UP NORTH to prison → 1989 US sl.
► UPSTATE in prison → 1934 US euphemism
► UP THE RIVER in prison → 1891 US sl.
► UP THE SPOUT imprisoned; certain to be imprisoned → 1872 US criminals’ sl.
► WALKED OFF taken off to prison → 1910s sl.
► WARDED detained ‘in ward’, imprisoned → c1610 Sc. obs.