jail

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jail Definition

• (n) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• (v) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

jail Synonyms

• clink
• gaol
• immure
• imprison
• incarcerate
• jail
• jailhouse
• jug
• lag
• put away
• put behind bars
• remand
• slammer