About The Word Gaol
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Gaol
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What's The Definition Of Gaol?
[n] 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)
[v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gaol: clink | immure | imprison | incarcerate | jail | jail | jailhouse | jug | lag | put away | put behind bars | remand | slammer Related Terms | Find terms related to Gaol: bastille | beleaguer | beset | besiege | black hole | blockade | bolt in | borstal | borstal institution | bound | box in | bridewell | brig | cage | cast in prison | cell | chamber | clap in jail | clap up | close in | compass | concentration camp | condemned cell | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | corral | death cell | death house | death row | detention camp | encircle | enclose | encompass | enshrine | federal prison | fence in | forced-labor camp | guardhouse | hedge in | hem in | hold captive | hold in captivity | hold prisoner | house in | house of correction | house of detention | immure | impound | imprison | incarcerate | include | industrial school | intern | internment camp | jail | jailhouse | jug | keep | kennel | labor camp | leaguer | lock in | lock up | lockup | maximum-security prison | mew | mew up | minimum-security prison | oubliette | pen | pen in | penal colony | penal institution | penal settlement | penitentiary | pocket | POW camp | prison | prison camp | prisonhouse | quarantine | rail in | reform school | reformatory | shrine | shut in | shut up | sponging house | stable | state prison | stockade | surround | the hole | throw into jail | tollbooth | training school | wall in | wrap | yard | yard up See Also | bastille | confine | correctional institution | detain | holding cell | hoosegow | hoosgow | house of correction | lockup | pokey | workhouse Gaol In Webster's Dictionary \Gaol\, n. [See {Jail}.]
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or
provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the
United States usually, written {jail}.]
{Commission of general gaol delivery}, an authority conferred
upon judges and others included in it, for trying and
delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon
their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and
for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict.
[Eng.]
{Gaol delivery}. (Law) See {Jail delivery}, under {Jail}.
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