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
Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Glen Samuel McCurley, identified as the suspect in Walker’s slaying, remained in the Tarrant County Jail on Thursday with bond set at $100,000, according to jail records.
—Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
Like the 38-year-old woman, he was jailed under municipal code.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
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Noun
Her father was a Wall Street trader currently serving a two-and-a-half-year jail bid.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Glen Samuel McCurley, identified as the suspect in Walker’s slaying, remained in the Tarrant County Jail on Thursday with bond set at $100,000, according to jail records.
—Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Verb
Russia’s Putin has cracked down violently on protesters and jailed opposition leaders.
—Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
Like the 38-year-old woman, he was jailed under municipal code.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
Noun
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Most recently, under a new law in Tennessee, local officials who vote to adopt sanctuary policies could face up to six years in prison.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Both face felony charges and over six years in prison.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
Verb
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The government controls education and public media; independent journalists and bloggers who have criticized the government have been imprisoned.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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If sentences can be broken, literally and metaphorically, by the imprisoned themselves then the state’s jurisdiction, a favored term of legal power play, has been breached.—
Amir Hussain
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The Torchlight Tour at Fremantle Prison takes visitors into the cells, tunnels, and courtyards of the prison, all by handheld light, with guides recounting the stories of those imprisoned in the 19th-century penitentiary.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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But their attempts to address more fundamental corruption backfire; many interpret their pragmatic cooperation with the government as carrying water for Juan Orlando Hernández, a strongman president later exposed as a drug trafficker who is now serving a 45-year sentence in a U.S. penitentiary.—
Katherine Corcoran,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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One of the 12 jurors learned that her son was incarcerated at the same prison as the defendants.—
Natalie Meade,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Milo was required to spend at least two years in prison on the DUI charge, but he could have been incarcerated for up to 10 years.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
14 June 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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