brig

Example Sentences

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They like Wash more than Titch, whom they throw in the brig, but they are nice, relatively speaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

The punishment can include confinement in the brig, forfeiture of pay or dishonorable discharge and it is largely based on how long they were away and whether they were apprehended or returned on their own.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Shaw also declines to throw Riker and Picard in the brig, though he would be in the right to do so.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Records suggest that the transatlantic voyage aboard the dilapidated brig was his final journey at sea, with one account saying he fell ill and resigned of his own accord, returning home as a paralytic.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

Lem was released from the brig again; they needed his weight on the halyards.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham