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
John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2025
An inmate crawled through a ventilation shaft and escaped from jail in North Carolina this week.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Ben Protess, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Anti-Yoon protesters who are backing of the opposition party claim that Yoon must be jailed for insurrection.
—Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The town added water pipes and hydrants that drew from nearby Willow Creek, and eventually the building was used as a dance hall, a jail (added to the rear in 1927) and a day care before its 1980 closure.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2025
An inmate crawled through a ventilation shaft and escaped from jail in North Carolina this week.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
The sentence, a rare and lenient alternative to jail or probation, reflected the practical and constitutional impossibility of jailing a president-elect.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Anti-Yoon protesters who are backing of the opposition party claim that Yoon must be jailed for insurrection.
—Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
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The three men face a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison when they’re sentenced June 6 on federal murder and robbery charges.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Crumbley’s husband, James, was also sentenced to 10 years in prison last year.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Beginning in 1907, these women — deemed typhoid carriers — were imprisoned in the former psychiatric hospital, their lives shaped by fear, stigma, and medical injustice.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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In 2015, Ulbricht was handed a life sentence for his involvement in the enterprise and is currently incarcerated at a high-security penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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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,
17 Jan. 2025
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Clarence Maclin for 'Sing Sing' Acting newcomer Maclin, who was formerly incarcerated, plays a version of himself in the remarkable true story of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts theater program, held at high security prisons.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Environmental factors, like growing up with substance use and mental health problems, instability due to a household member being incarcerated or growing up in a household with parental separation, can also impact children’s brain development and decision-making.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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