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1. (n.) jail
a prison, esp. one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
2. (v.t.) jail
to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME gaiole, jaiole, jaile < ONF gaiole, OF jaiole cage < VL *gaviola, alter. of *caveola, dim. of L caveacage ; see -ole1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
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. (verb) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
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"
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1. (noun) jail
a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime
the county jail; He was put in jail for twenty-two years.
2. (verb) jail
to put sb in a jail
They were sentenced and jailed for life.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) jail
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. (verb) jail
to imprison
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