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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In a state court indictment announced earlier this week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office charged Mangione with murder as an act of terrorism, which carries a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.MARK SCOLFORO, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.Reuters, USA TODAY, 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 state penitentiary in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota recently expanded its transitional care unit to meet the needs of its aging population.Tom Chiodo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Hollinger’s affairs proved to be a total mess: Black was later convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice and spent more than three years in a federal penitentiary.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Noel is incarcerated in the New Castle Correctional Facility in New Castle, Indiana.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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Byner is currently incarcerated at the Kenton County Jail on unrelated drug charges.Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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