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
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
Investigators alleged that brothers Fernando Elias Rosario Torres and Elias Xavier Rosario Torres orchestrated the drug ring from behind bars with the help of cellphones that had been smuggled into jail.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
He was later jailed after missing a hearing, according to an online court database.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released from Israeli jails in recent weeks, in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages freed by Hamas.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
Investigators alleged that brothers Fernando Elias Rosario Torres and Elias Xavier Rosario Torres orchestrated the drug ring from behind bars with the help of cellphones that had been smuggled into jail.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
Upon arrival, all of the deportees were jailed, a government official with Haiti’s Office of National Migration told the Miami Herald at the time.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
He was later jailed after missing a hearing, according to an online court database.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
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The two were later tried separately, with Lori being sentenced to life in prison without parole and Chad, who was part of a doomsday cult, sentenced to death, also for the murder of Lori's two kids and his first wife.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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In prison, McTiernan interviewed many of his fellow inmates to gather their stories and testimonies.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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He was imprisoned in Afghanistan from 2019 until just two weeks before the bombing, at which point he was recruited by an ISIS-K member to assist in the attack.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Dahmer was imprisoned at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin after being arrested in 1991.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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The complaints at Lee mirror accounts from what was then a federal penitentiary, USP Thomson in Illinois, especially the overuse of four-point restraints.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2024
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Lamberth also noted that there are only about 16 transgender women housed in female penitentiaries, including the three plaintiffs who sued.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Among those believed to have been incarcerated soon after setting foot back in the country are two former members of the Venezuelan armed forces who broke with the Nicolás Maduro regime and had been attempting to obtain political asylum in the United States.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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He was denied bond and remained incarcerated until his trial began last February.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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