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
Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Henry Long, the father of the victim, released a statement mourning the death of his daughter and calling for Finch to stay in jail.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
During the police questioning, Stines asked to be jailed in Letcher County, mere steps away from the courthouse, rather than risk being transported to another facility.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Noun
Three jail employees have been suspended without pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation as of Friday evening.
—Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Henry Long, the father of the victim, released a statement mourning the death of his daughter and calling for Finch to stay in jail.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
Verb
He was charged with second-degree intentional murder and jailed in Dakota County on a $2 million bond, according to Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
During the police questioning, Stines asked to be jailed in Letcher County, mere steps away from the courthouse, rather than risk being transported to another facility.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
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In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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In that case, Douglas was sentenced to five years of probation and had his 2-year prison sentence stayed, court documents say.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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Mujica was imprisoned for thirteen years, much of it in a solitary underground cell—an experience that nearly drove him mad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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The Trump administration deported over 200 immigrants to the Central American country in two separate flights after securing a deal with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which involved paying the nation's government millions of dollars to imprison migrants.—
Billal Rahman
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The gallows, where 15 penitentiary inmates were executed by hanging, were no longer there.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Instead, Trump took a number of potshots at his sometime opponent during a Tuesday press conference, less than 48 hours after ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2025
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In the early predawn hours of Friday, May 16, no sheriff's deputy was assigned to the part of the jail where the escaped inmates were incarcerated, and a civilian worker monitoring the area had briefly stepped away to get food, according to the sheriff's office.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
21 May 2025
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But that plan hinges on reducing the number of people incarcerated.—
Justyna Rzewinski,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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