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暴狱

Word · VerbTraditional暴獄

prison riot; jail revolt; uprising

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to stage a prison riot; to revolt in jail; to rise up in a correctional facility

technical

A specialized legal and criminology term describing organized violent uprising or mutiny initiated by inmates against prison authorities.

Nà那
zuò座
jiān监
yù狱
zuó昨
tiān天
fā发
shēng生
le了
bào暴
yù狱
shì事
jiàn件
 。

A prison riot broke out in that facility yesterday.

Bào暴
yù狱
de的
fàn犯
rén人
bèi被
tè特
jǐng警
xùn迅
sù速
zhì制
fú服
le了
 。

The rioting inmates were quickly subdued by special police.

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Wèi为
le了
fáng防
zhǐ止
bào暴
yù狱
 ,
jiān监
yù狱
guǎn管
lǐ理
céng层
jiā加
qiáng强
le了
ān安
quán全
cuò措
shī施
 。

To prevent prison revolts, the prison administration has strengthened security measures.