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
Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Kerik, an Army veteran, rose to the pinnacle of law enforcement before a fall so steep that even a city jail named after him was renamed.
—CBS News, 30 May 2025
Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Jelly Roll had been jailed over 40 times for various drug charges.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 23 May 2025
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Noun
He was being held in the jail until his sentencing.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Kerik, an Army veteran, rose to the pinnacle of law enforcement before a fall so steep that even a city jail named after him was renamed.
—CBS News, 30 May 2025
Verb
Boyd was originally jailed for second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery and threatening a public official.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Jelly Roll had been jailed over 40 times for various drug charges.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
Noun
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But Hoover will remain in prison, serving a 200-year sentence for his state court conviction for murder.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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After a guilty plea, Brown faces up to 20 years in prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Law enforcement officers in Arkansas were on the hunt Wednesday for a former police chief who broke out of a state facility where he was imprisoned for rape and murder.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Larry Hoover remains imprisoned under a state murder conviction despite the commutation of his federal sentences by President Donald Trump.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 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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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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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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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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