jail

jail  (jl)

n.

1. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention, especially persons awaiting trial under local jurisdiction.

2. Detention in a jail.

tr.v. jailed, jail·ing, jails

To detain in or as if in a jail.

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[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 or gaol

Noun

a prison

Verb

to confine in prison [Old French jaiole cage]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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) gaol, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, clink 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
Verb	1.	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" gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away 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 or 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) boob Austral. (slang)

verb 2. imprison, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down, send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure

Translations

jail [dʒeɪl] n → cárcel f

vt → encarcelar

jail [dʒeɪl] n → prison f

vt → emprisonner, mettre en prison

jail [dʒeɪl] n → Gefängnis nt

vt → einsperren

jail [dʒeɪl] n → prigione f

vt → mandare in prigione

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jail

n jail, gaol [dʒeil]

(a) prison You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.tronkسِجْنзатворvězenífængseldas Gefängnisφυλακήcárcel, prisiónvanglaزندانvankilaprisonכֶּלֶא, בֵּית סוֹהָרकारागारzatvorbörtönpenjarafangelsiprigione, carcere刑務所감옥kalėjimascietumspenjaragevangenisfengselwięzieniecadeiapuşcărieтюрьмаväzenieječazatvorfängelse, häkteเรือนจำhapishane監獄в'язниця, тюрмаقیدخانہtù监狱

v

to put in prison He was jailed for two years.gevangeيَسْجِنзатварямuvěznitfængsleins Gefängnis werfenφυλακίζωencarcelarvangi panemaزندان کردنpanna vankilaanemprisonnerלִשלוֹח לַכֶּלֶאकारावास होनाzatočen u zatvorbebörtönözmemenjarakanfangelsaimprigionare, incarcerare投獄する...을 교도소에 넣다pasodinti į kalėjimąieslodzīt cietumādipenjarakangevangenzettenfengsle, sette i fengselosadzić w więzieniupôr na cadeiaa întemniţa, a băga la puşcărieзаключать в тюрьмуuväzniťzapretibaciti u zatvorfångvaktareจำคุกhapsetmek, hapse atmak監禁ув'язнюватиقیدخانے میں ڈالناbỏ tù监禁

n ˈjailer, *ˈjailor, *ˈgaoler

a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.gevangenisسَجّان، حارِس السِّجْنнадзирателžalářníkfangevogterder Gefängniswärterδεσμοφύλακαςcarcelerovangivalvurزندان بانvanginvartijagardien/-ienne de prisonסוֹהֵרजेलरzatvorski čuvarbörtönőrsipirfangavörðurcarceriere, secondino看守교도관kalėjimo prižiūrėtojascietuma uzraugspegawai penjaracipierfangevokterstrażnik więziennycarcereirogardianтюремный надзирательžalárnikječarzatvorski čuvarfångvaktareนักโทษgardiyan監獄看守тюремник, наглядачداروغہ جیلcai tù监狱看守

n ˈjailbird, *ˈgaolbird

a person who is or has often been in jail. tronkvoël, tronkboefسَجين، مُعتاد على الإجرام والسِّجْنрецедивистkriminálníkvaneforbryderder Zuchthäuslerτρόφιμος φυλακώνpreso reincidentealaline vangisistuja, võllaroogزندانی؛ کسی که مرتباً زندانی می شودlinnakundirécidivisteאָסִיר וָתִיקबार-बार जेल जाने वाला व्यक्तिzatvorenikbörtöntöltelékresidivisfangi, tugthúslimuravanzo di galera囚人죄수, 전과자, 상습범recidyvistascietumnieksorang yang keluar masuk penjarabajesklantfengselsfugl, vaneforbryterrecydywistacadastradorecidivistзаключённый; рецидивистkriminálnikpovratnikzatvorenik povratnikfängelsekund, fångeคนขี้คุก (คำไม่เป็นทางการ)hapishane gediklisi/kuşu囚犯, 慣犯запеклий злочинець, рецидивістعادی مجرمngười hay bị bỏ tù囚犯

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