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
Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Buzzard will be booked at a Santa Barbara County jail with bail set at $100,000, officials said.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
The attorney general was adamant that if Running Fence broke the law, workers would be arrested and jailed, and contractors would lose their licenses.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Betty has been in jail at the California Institute for Women since the second trial ended in 1992 and has been denied parole on every eligible occasion.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Buzzard will be booked at a Santa Barbara County jail with bail set at $100,000, officials said.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
The regime that jails children also profits from drugs, human trafficking, and online scams.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
The attorney general was adamant that if Running Fence broke the law, workers would be arrested and jailed, and contractors would lose their licenses.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
Noun
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According to records, Martínez faced robbery charges in the US, pleaded guilty, and was released on bail before being arrested and sent to a Salvadoran prison.—
Rocio Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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Filming without consent in certain circumstances is a Class 5 felony, punishable by up to two and a half years in prison.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The short is inspired by the true story of Sasha Skochilenko, a Russian artist and musician who was arrested and imprisoned for seven years for replacing four price tags with anti-war messages.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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Hitler was arrested within days, tried and imprisoned for treason.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Ana María Cañizares,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, his crooked sidekick, Robertson, BOP # 21731-509, is locked up in another good-time penitentiary in Beckley, WV.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Four inmates had died, all of whom had been incarcerated at Blackwater River Correctional Facility, a compound near Pensacola run under contract by the Geo Group.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arlene adopted Aileen in 1991 Arlene and her husband, Robert, adopted Aileen in 1991, after she was arrested and incarcerated.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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