Definitions for jail
dʒeɪljail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokeyverb

   a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

2. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb

   lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jailnoun

   A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

2. jailnoun

   Confinement in a jail.

3. jailnoun

   school

   I have to go to jail 5 days a week.

4. jailnoun

   The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

5. jailverb

   To imprison.

6. Etymology: From gaiole, gayle, gaile, gayll, via gaiole, gaole, geole, geole, from gabiola, for *, a diminutive of cavea.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. JAIL

   A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, British English, Australian, South African and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow or remand center, is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are confined against their will and usually denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, a prison can also be described as a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed. Prisons can also be used as a tool of political repression by authoritarian regimes. Their perceived opponents may be imprisoned for political crimes, often without trial or other legal due process; this use is illegal under most forms of international law governing fair administration of justice. In times of war, prisoners of war or detainees may be detained in military prisons or prisoner of war camps, and large groups of civilians might be imprisoned in internment camps. In American English, the terms prison and jail have separate definitions, though this is not always strictly adhered to in casual speech. A prison or penitentiary holds people for longer periods of time, such as many years, and is operated by a state or federal government. A jail holds people for shorter periods of time (e.g. for shorter sentences or pre-trial detention) and is usually operated by a local government, typically the county sheriff. Outside of North America, prison and jail often have the same meaning.

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1. jail

   Jail is a facility authorized by law where individuals are held in confinement, typically while awaiting trial or serving a short-term sentence for criminal offences. It is overseen by local government or law enforcement agencies and is used to detain individuals who pose a security risk to society or themselves, or those unable to meet conditions for bail.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jailnoun

   a kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding

2. Jailverb

   to imprison

3. Etymology: [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. gele, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See Cage.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jail

   jāl, n. a prison.—ns. Jail′-bird, Gaol′-bird, a humorous name for one who is or has been confined in jail; Jail′er, Gaol′er, one who has charge of a jail or of prisoners, called also a turnkey; Jail′-fē′ver, Gaol′-fē′ver, typhus fever, so called because once common in jails.—Break jail, to force one's way out of prison; Commission of Jail Delivery, one of the commissions issued to judges of assize and judges of the Central Criminal Court in England. [O. Fr. gaole (Fr. geôle)—Low L. gabiola, a cage, dim. of Low L. gabia, a cage, a corr. of cavea, a cage—L. cavus, hollow.]

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1. JAIL

   What does JAIL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the JAIL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Jail

   Gaol vs. Jail -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Gaol and Jail.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'jail' in Nouns Frequency: #2707

Anagrams for jail »

1. lija

How to pronounce jail?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jail in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of jail in a Sentence

1. Philip Luther:

   The fact that two of these journalists are now facing time in jail following two grossly unfair trials makes a mockery of justice in Egypt.

2. Brian Kennedy:

   Department of Corrections needs a complete overhaul. I think people of all mentalities and people of all stripes and persuasions agree that Rikers is a mess, and when you have up to a third of corrections officers not showing up to work and leaving the inmates basically to run the jail and letting the worst that those inmates were usually the gang-affiliated inmates who reigned supreme, you're going to have violence and chaos.

3. Tracey Lomax:

   Nobody wants to watch a movie about their loved one being held against their will, i really wanted him to stay in jail. I wanted him to do time because I wanted him to not be able to run away from the women that he killed. Because I know that they spooked him. I know that they came back to haunt him. His death was so much easier than his victims’ (deaths).

4. Charissa Thompson:

   When it comes to your physical being and intimate photos between you and your boyfriend and things that you sent to someone when you were in a long-distance relationship and in love, it is your private property, so it felt — the obvious — like such an invasion. But then the depths I am still taking to get back that privacy are unbelievable. The way I equate is someone came into my home, robbed my home of all its possessions, put it out in the cul-de-sac right in front of me, and I had to buy all of it right back to put back in my house. The star acknowledged that, unlike Andrews who saw the person that leaked her image caught and thrown in jail for 2 and a half years, she’s still seeking justice.

5. Randy Zelin:

   If he gets on the stand, and he basically insults the judge's intelligence, that could send him to jail.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jail
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jail
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jail
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=jail