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
After his conviction, Mr. Calley was removed from the stockade on Nixon’s orders and confined to his quarters at Fort Benning.
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Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also previously suggested the county set up a camp for the homeless at the county stockade on Powerline Road, just east of Chase Stadium where Inter Miami plays, but county administration has said no to the idea.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
The Rufus Putnam House was part of the original stockade.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Some suggest the logs' close location means they were used as a type of stockade.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2024
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Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also previously suggested the county set up a camp for the homeless at the county stockade on Powerline Road, just east of Chase Stadium where Inter Miami plays, but county administration has said no to the idea.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
The Rufus Putnam House was part of the original stockade.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Some suggest the logs' close location means they were used as a type of stockade.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockade
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, an 8-year-old in West Baltimore at the time of the murder, offers piercing commentary on the impact of both the initial crime and the succeeding one, the grievously unjust trial that put three kids in the penitentiary.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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Central Time Wednesday following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested by heavily armed men on Sunday night, his supporters said, just hours after he had been released from a jail where he was held as a political prisoner.—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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His co-defendants received jail terms between 6¼ years and 10 years.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Given his age, the prison term still could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Hong Kong — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Since the shootings, Radford has been held in pretrial confinement at a Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Gales tore at the Mary’s sails, and surf crashed across the brig’s deck.—
Adam L. Rovner,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Stockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockade. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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