prison–industrial complex

短语

词形变化

prison–industrial complexes 复数 prison–industrial complexes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The socioeconomic combination of prisons and the private businesses that supply them with goods and services.

词源

By analogy to military–industrial complex. First use appears c. 1960. See cite below.

来源：wiktionary