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
Erin Jones, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Bevins was booked on into the Grays Harbor County Jail on multiple charges, including second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, unlawful disposal of remains, homicide by abuse, and assault of a child, on Friday, June 5, according to online jail records viewed by PEOPLE.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Following her May 28 arrest and murder charge, Beall — whose lawyer said she has never been arrested before, per KOLD — was jailed.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
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Noun
Tarver remains in jail tonight on a murder charge.
—Erin Jones, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Bevins was booked on into the Grays Harbor County Jail on multiple charges, including second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, unlawful disposal of remains, homicide by abuse, and assault of a child, on Friday, June 5, according to online jail records viewed by PEOPLE.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Verb
Nonetheless, a Digikala executive was briefly jailed, and others were summoned for respectful, but still threatening, meetings with the police.
—Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Following her May 28 arrest and murder charge, Beall — whose lawyer said she has never been arrested before, per KOLD — was jailed.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
Noun
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Tlaib, Pohutsky and more than 30 other current and former lawmakers last month signed a letter demanding that Washington resign, citing concerns about the conditions in state prisons and recent inmate deaths.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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On Monday, the killer, a Sikh man, was sentenced to life in prison over the knife attack last December.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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The Lieser family of Jewish industrialists was persecuted by the Nazis, including being imprisoned, and lost almost all their possessions to Nazi seizure.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
5 June 2026
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Four ex-Presidents are currently imprisoned.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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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.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Both the inaugural authors are also incarcerated.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Lee has been incarcerated on the state's death row for well over two decades, since his conviction in a 1998 double murder and store robbery.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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