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
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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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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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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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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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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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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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John Thompson was incarcerated for more than 37 years at prisons in Pennsylvania.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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He is currently incarcerated at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, according to online records from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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