as in prison
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
sentenced to three years in jail for his crime
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as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Recent Examples of jail
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Christian Andre Lopez, 31, is facing charges of kidnapping and battery, jail records show.
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Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
Leila Tarakji,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
In 2012, he was jailed for three months on misdemeanor domestic abuse charges, and five years later, he was charged with rape and kidnapping before the case was dropped.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Noun
The two men, in fact, died within weeks of each other less than two years later—Epstein in a jail cell in Manhattan and Krassner at home in Southern California.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Christian Andre Lopez, 31, is facing charges of kidnapping and battery, jail records show.
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Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
Verb
Ibn Said ran away, only to be captured and jailed.
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Leila Tarakji,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
In 2012, he was jailed for three months on misdemeanor domestic abuse charges, and five years later, he was charged with rape and kidnapping before the case was dropped.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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If convicted as charged, Wilburn faces up to 14 years in prison, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office told CNN.
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Pope was a lieutenant in the Special Investigative Service (SIS) unit at the prison at the time of the offenses.
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He was imprisoned for organizing the assassination of Polish Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934.
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Elyas said his father did not have high blood pressure before his detainment and developed the condition while imprisoned.
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After a federal jury voted to convict him in early 2024, Hernández was sent to a notorious high-security penitentiary in West Virginia to serve his time.
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Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.
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Combs has been incarcerated since his September 2024 arrest and is serving a 50-month prison sentence for his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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Attorneys for plaintiffs in the case say Hochman is vastly overstating the level of fraud and relying on databases with faulty information about who was incarcerated in county custody as a juvenile.
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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