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
Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Originally intended as a workhouse, Rikers Island has grown into a sprawling complex of jails that currently houses thousands of inmates awaiting trial or serving short sentences.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Moore, who remained jailed on must over $800,000 bond was slated to appear before a Davidson County General Sessions judge Friday on the charges, online records show.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
There was a time when people were arrested for drug possession and given the option of jail or treatment.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Originally intended as a workhouse, Rikers Island has grown into a sprawling complex of jails that currently houses thousands of inmates awaiting trial or serving short sentences.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Mangione, 26, remained jailed without bail Saturday in Pennsylvania, where he was initially charged with gun and forgery offenses.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Moore, who remained jailed on must over $800,000 bond was slated to appear before a Davidson County General Sessions judge Friday on the charges, online records show.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Joel Cordero, 45, of Meriden, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a total of 155 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl, according to federal authorities.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
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She was sentenced in June of this year to one year in prison for underreporting and failing to file federal income taxes.Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
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Several already have been convicted and imprisoned.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trump could yet be imprisoned for those 34 felony counts.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The staff at Lee penitentiary is 98% White, according to the bureau, and multiple people said that guards seemed to be especially hostile to Black prisoners — who make up 62% of the prison's population.Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Kingstown follows the powerful family in a fictional Michigan town: Kingstown, Michigan, a city whose main industry is nine penitentiaries.Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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Execution rehearsals have also increased at the prison, where almost all federal death row inmates are incarcerated, in the lead-up to Trump’s inauguration, according to the same sources.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Still, four decades after his conviction, Cox remains incarcerated and maintains his innocence.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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