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
Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Glen Samuel McCurley, identified as the suspect in Walker’s slaying, remained in the Tarrant County Jail on Thursday with bond set at $100,000, according to jail records.
—Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
Like the 38-year-old woman, he was jailed under municipal code.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
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Noun
Her father was a Wall Street trader currently serving a two-and-a-half-year jail bid.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Glen Samuel McCurley, identified as the suspect in Walker’s slaying, remained in the Tarrant County Jail on Thursday with bond set at $100,000, according to jail records.
—Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Verb
Russia’s Putin has cracked down violently on protesters and jailed opposition leaders.
—Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
Like the 38-year-old woman, he was jailed under municipal code.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
Noun
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Edward Burke to only two years in prison for a series of shakedowns.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Most recently, under a new law in Tennessee, local officials who vote to adopt sanctuary policies could face up to six years in prison.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Verb
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The government controls education and public media; independent journalists and bloggers who have criticized the government have been imprisoned.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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If sentences can be broken, literally and metaphorically, by the imprisoned themselves then the state’s jurisdiction, a favored term of legal power play, has been breached.—
Amir Hussain
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
Noun
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He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
Verb
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Over the years, he would be incarcerated two more times, ultimately spending 12 years behind bars.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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No person—incarcerated or not, transgender or not—should have their rights to medically-necessary care denied.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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