BRIGS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

brigs

noun

plural of brig

as in jails

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the captain ordered that the prisoner be thrown into the brig immediately

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Recent Examples of brigs Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigs

Noun

The $1 million would come from the same pool of mostly property-tax dollars that fund police, jails, parks and transit.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
And the administration persuaded more and more local police and jails to carry out the president’s mass deportation campaign, sweeping still more immigrants into custody.

— Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of jails

Noun

The Israeli Supreme Court earlier this year ordered the government to resume sharing such lists and allowing the ICRC to visit detainees in Israeli prisons to assess their conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Flávio has promised to designate major criminal factions as terrorist groups, expand prisons and lower the age of criminal responsibility.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026