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jail

 (jāl)
n.
1. A place of detention, especially for persons who are accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail or for persons who are serving short sentences after conviction of a misdemeanor.
2. Detention in a jail.
tr.v. jailed, jail·ing, jails
To detain in a jail.

[From Middle English jaiole (from Old French) and from Middle English gaiol, gaol (from Old North French gaiole), both from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, from Latin *caveola, diminutive of cavea, cage, hollow.]
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jail

(dʒeɪl) or

gaol

n
1. (Law) a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted
2. get out of jail get out of jail free informal to get out of a difficult situation
vb
(tr) to confine in prison
[C13: from Old French jaiole cage, from Vulgar Latin caveola (unattested), from Latin cavea enclosure; see cage: the two spellings derive from the forms of the word that developed in two different areas of France, and the spelling gaol represents a pronunciation in use until the 17th century]
ˈjailless, ˈgaolless adj
ˈjail-like, ˈgaol-like adj
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jail

(dʒeɪl)
n.
1. a prison, esp. one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
v.t.
2. to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
[1225–75; Middle English gaiole, jaiole, jaile < Old North French gaiole, Old French jaiole cage < Vulgar Latin *gaviola, alter. of *caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage; see -ole1]
jail′a•ble, adj.
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jail


Past participle: jailed
Gerund: jailing

Imperative
jail
jail
Present
I jail
you jail
he/she/it jails
we jail
you jail
they jail
Preterite
I jailed
you jailed
he/she/it jailed
we jailed
you jailed
they jailed
Present Continuous
I am jailing
you are jailing
he/she/it is jailing
we are jailing
you are jailing
they are jailing
Present Perfect
I have jailed
you have jailed
he/she/it has jailed
we have jailed
you have jailed
they have jailed
Past Continuous
I was jailing
you were jailing
he/she/it was jailing
we were jailing
you were jailing
they were jailing
Past Perfect
I had jailed
you had jailed
he/she/it had jailed
we had jailed
you had jailed
they had jailed
Future
I will jail
you will jail
he/she/it will jail
we will jail
you will jail
they will jail
Future Perfect
I will have jailed
you will have jailed
he/she/it will have jailed
we will have jailed
you will have jailed
they will have jailed
Future Continuous
I will be jailing
you will be jailing
he/she/it will be jailing
we will be jailing
you will be jailing
they will be jailing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jailing
you have been jailing
he/she/it has been jailing
we have been jailing
you have been jailing
they have been jailing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jailing
you will have been jailing
he/she/it will have been jailing
we will have been jailing
you will have been jailing
they will have been jailing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jailing
you had been jailing
he/she/it had been jailing
we had been jailing
you had been jailing
they had been jailing
Conditional
I would jail
you would jail
he/she/it would jail
we would jail
you would jail
they would jail
Past Conditional
I would have jailed
you would have jailed
he/she/it would have jailed
we would have jailed
you would have jailed
they would have jailed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.jail - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)jail - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial
hoosegow, hoosgow - slang for a jail
house of correction - (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
lockup - jail in a local police station
workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
Verb1.jail - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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jail

gaol
noun
1. prison, penitentiary (U.S.), jailhouse (Southern U.S.), penal institution, can (slang), inside, cooler (slang), confinement, dungeon, clink (slang), glasshouse (Military informal), brig (chiefly U.S.), borstal, calaboose (U.S. informal), choky (slang), pound, nick (Brit. slang), stir (slang), jug (slang), slammer (slang), lockup, reformatory, quod (slang), poky or pokey (U.S. & Canad. slang) Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
verb
1. imprison, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down, send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure He was jailed for twenty years.
Quotations
"Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200." [Charles Brace Darrow Instructions for Monopoly]
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jail

noun
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention:
Informal: lockup, pen.
Chiefly Regional: calaboose.
verb
To put in jail:
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Translations
uvěznitvězení
fængselfængsle
laittaa vankilaanvankila
zatvorzatvoriti
fangelsafangelsi
刑務所投獄する
감옥투옥하다
kalėjimaskalėjimo prižiūrėtojaspasodinti į kalėjimąrecidyvistas
cietumsieslodzīt cietumā
zaporzapreti
fängelsesätta i fängelse
เอาเข้าคุกคุก
bỏ tùnhà tù

jail

[dʒeɪl]
A. Ncárcel f, prisión f
to go to jailir a la cárcel
sentenced to ten years in jailcondenado a diez años de cárcel or prisión
B. VT (for crime) → encarcelar (for por) (for length of time) to jail sb for two monthscondenar a algn a dos meses de cárcel
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jail

[ˈdʒeɪl]
n (= prison) → prison f
in jail → en prison
two years in jail → deux ans de prison
to go to jail → aller en prison
to be sent to jail → être condamné(e) à la prison
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jail

nGefängnis nt; in jailim Gefängnis; after two years in jailnach zwei Jahren Gefängnis, nach zweijähriger Haft; to go to jaileingesperrt werden, ins Gefängnis kommen

jail

:
jailbait
n (inf) she’s jaildie ist noch minderjährig, lass lieber die Finger von ihr (inf)
jailbird
n (inf)Knastbruder m/-schwester f (inf)
jailbreak
nAusbruch m (aus dem Gefängnis)
jailbreaker
nAusbrecher(in) m(f)

jail

:
jailhouse
n (US) → Gefängnis nt
jail sentence
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jail

gaol (Brit) [dʒeɪl]
1. ncarcere m, prigione f
in jail → in prigione
to send sb to jail → mandare qn in prigione
2. vtmandare in prigione
he was jailed for 10 years → è stato condannato a 10 anni di carcere
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jail,

gaol

(dʒeil) noun
(a) prison. You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.
verb
to put in prison. He was jailed for two years.
ˈjailer, ˈjailor, ˈgaoler noun
a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners. The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.
ˈjailbird, ˈgaolbird noun
a person who is or has often been in jail.

to put a criminal in jail or gaol (not goal).
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jail

سِجْنٌ, يَسْجُنُ uvěznit, vězení fængsel, fængsle einsperren, Gefängnis φυλακή, φυλακίζω cárcel, encarcelar laittaa vankilaan, vankila incarcérer, prison zatvor, zatvoriti detenere, prigione 刑務所, 投獄する 감옥, 투옥하다 gevangen zetten, gevangenis fengsel, fengsle uwięzić, więzienie cadeia, encarcerar заключать в тюрьму, тюрьма fängelse, sätta i fängelse เอาเข้าคุก, คุก hapishane, hapse atmak bỏ tù, nhà tù 监狱, 监禁
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References in classic literature ?
Some cried that if they bore this tamely, another day would see them all in jail; some, that they should have rescued the other prisoners, and this would not have happened.
They had put him in jail, and they would keep him here a long time, years maybe.
But happen somebody can tell me which is the way to Prison Street, where the jail is.
In jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail.
At the corner, where the jail stood, the progress of the ladies was impeded, for a moment, by the oxen, who were turned up to the side of the building, and given a lock of hay, which they had carried on their necks, as a reward for their patient labor, The whole of this was so natural, and so common, that Elizabeth saw nothing to induce a second glance at the team, until she heard the teamster speaking to his cattle in a low voice:
Give us, in mercy, better homes when we're a-lying in our cradles; give us better food when we're a- working for our lives; give us kinder laws to bring us back when were a-going wrong; and don't set jail, jail, jail, afore us, everywhere we turn.
Plenty New Georgia boys, plenty Ysabel boys stop along jail along Tulagi.
From the county jail where he had been confined to await his trial he had escaped by knocking down his jailer with an iron bar, robbing him of his keys and, opening the outer door, walking out into the night.
I found the outer front courtyard, often mentioned here, metamorphosed into a butter shop; and I then almost gave up every brick of the jail for lost.
I had soon read all the tracts that were left there, and examined where former prisoners had broken out, and where a grate had been sawed off, and heard the history of the various occupants of that room; for I found that even here there was a history and a gossip which never circulated beyond the walls of the jail. Probably this is the only house in the town where verses are composed, which are afterward printed in a circular form, but not published.
- It has declared that in Washington, in that city which takes its name from the father of American liberty, any justice of the peace may bind with fetters any negro passing down the street and thrust him into jail: no offence on the black man's part is necessary.
That is, if those blighters don't put me in jail for getting that money out of them.