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Jail

dʒeɪl

Jail definitions

noun

Inflections:

gaol gaols jail jails

a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime

"he spent 15 years in jail"

Synonyms:
prison penal institution place of detention lock-up place of confinement guardhouse correctional facility detention centre

verb

Inflections:

gaol gaoled gaoling gaols jail jailed jailing jails

put (someone) in jail

"the driver was jailed for two years"

Synonyms:
imprison put in prison send to prison incarcerate lock up take into custody put under lock and key put away intern confine detain hold prisoner hold captive hold put into detention constrain immure put in chains put in irons clap in irons