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
Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
Jesus Alberto Pereira Castillo, 21, posted $5,000 bail and was released from the Jefferson County jail on Nov. 27, 2024, court records show.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2025
Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in June 2022 following a one month trial concluding in December 2021.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Noun
The county medical examiner has yet to release the cause of death for Chasity Bonner, who died in the Tarrant County jail on May 27, but the sheriff’s department reported that she was given Narcan by jail medical staff attempting to resuscitate her after she was found unresponsive in her cell.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
Jesus Alberto Pereira Castillo, 21, posted $5,000 bail and was released from the Jefferson County jail on Nov. 27, 2024, court records show.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
Verb
According to Collin County records, he was jailed and released.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2025
Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in June 2022 following a one month trial concluding in December 2021.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Between 2020 and 2023, 529 people died in general population Tennessee prisons, excluding 162 deaths that occurred in a medical unit prison.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
15 July 2025
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What To Know According to an anonymous source speaking to the Daily Mail, Maxwell, who was convicted in 2022 over her links to Epstein's illicit activities and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, has expressed a willingness to testify before Congress about her experiences.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Iranian director Farsi experienced the revolution at 13, was imprisoned at 16 as a dissident, and left her native Iran at 18.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 July 2025
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On the afternoon of July 2, the Phoenix Police Department responded to calls from a woman who reported the details of her assault, kidnapping and threats against her life while physically imprisoned at a home near Interstate 17 and Orangewood Avenue, court documents said.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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But local officials and historians have questioned the practical and symbolic implications of converting the island back into a penitentiary.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Friday’s protest marks the second time men incarcerated at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution organized a mass hunger strike to demand better treatment and services within the last year and a half, though IDOC leadership in the past has taken issue with use of the term.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
19 July 2025
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Inspired by true events, the Argentina-Spain co-production turns on Andrea, a mother visiting her incarcerated son for the first time.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
18 July 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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