maximum-security

[ mak-suh-muhm-si-kyoor-i-tee ]

adjective

1. designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maximum-security¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Livvix, 30, is now in solitary confinement in the maximum-security Ayalon prison in Ramla, a city near Tel Aviv.

From The Daily Beast

I recently visited Graterford, a maximum-security state penitentiary in Pennsylvania, 30 miles from Philadelphia.

From The Daily Beast

Once, I was in a Maximum Security prison when Brüno was shown.

From The Daily Beast

It was a high-tech attempt to smuggle in drugs and phones from the skies over a maximum-security facility.

From The Daily Beast

And they will not be in the same kind of custody, maximum-security custody.

From The Daily Beast

Well, it is in one of our maximum security cells, much the same as any other jail.

From Project Gutenberg

By maximum security, you mean, of course, maximum security from the standpoint that the prisoner can't get out?

From Project Gutenberg

Yes; I do—there are many maximums—I have 450 maximum-security cells that's the latest that can be built.

From Project Gutenberg

Does maximum security as it operates with you include considerations of security to the prisoner himself?

From Project Gutenberg

"I thought these were under maximum security," Kelgarries challenged the gray man.

From Project Gutenberg