jailhouse

noun

jail·​house ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce jailhouse (audio)

Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence

received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
Recent Examples on the Web While in custody O’Connor has been beaten by other inmates, hospitalized with an infection and accused of plotting a jailhouse drug-dealing caper. John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024 He's become good at jailhouse lawyering, and there's little else to do with his time. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024 The complaint includes timestamps from jailhouse videos that a concerned correctional officer leaked to the family, which allegedly led to her firing, the complaint claims. Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 Khan’s lawyers passed messages between PTI and its founder during jailhouse visits and the party wrote the speeches off his notes. Reuters, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024 In a jailhouse visit with his wife after the high-speed chase with police, Victor Gray made a powerful admission, says Chisholm. Natalie Morales, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024 Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla Perez, is speaking out in a series of jailhouse interviews almost 30 years after the Tejano superstar’s slaying. Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024 There was blind faith in jailhouse informants—a slew of them, all hoping for special favors from prosecutors in return for their testimony. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2024 That case featured the same cast of investigators and prosecutors, along with the same jailhouse informant who testified against Ward and Fontenot. CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of jailhouse was in 1812

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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Legal Definition

jailhouse

noun
jail·​house ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce jailhouse (audio)
: jail

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