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Jail Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Jail? [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 Jail: clink \| gaol \| gaol \| immure \| imprison \| incarcerate \| jailhouse \| jug \| lag \| put away \| put behind bars \| remand \| slammer Related Terms \| Find terms related to Jail: bastille \| beleaguer \| beset \| besiege \| big house \| black hole \| blockade \| bolt in \| borstal \| borstal institution \| bound \| box in \| bridewell \| brig \| bucket \| caboose \| cage \| calaboose \| can \| cast in prison \| cell \| chamber \| chokey \| clap in jail \| clap up \| clink \| close in \| college \| compass \| concentration camp \| condemned cell \| confine \| constrain \| contain \| cooler \| coop \| coop in \| coop up \| cordon \| cordon off \| corral \| death cell \| death house \| death row \| detain \| detention camp \| encircle \| enclose \| encompass \| enshrine \| federal prison \| fence in \| forced-labor camp \| freezer \| gaol \| guardhouse \| guardroom \| hedge in \| hem in \| hold captive \| hold in captivity \| hold prisoner \| hoosegow \| house in \| house of correction \| house of detention \| immure \| impound \| imprison \| incarcerate \| include \| industrial school \| intern \| internment camp \| jailhouse \| jug \| keep \| kennel \| labor camp \| leaguer \| lock in \| lock up \| lockup \| maximum-security prison \| mew \| mew up \| minimum-security prison \| nick \| oubliette \| pen \| pen in \| penal colony \| penal institution \| penal settlement \| penitentiary \| pocket \| pokey \| POW camp \| prison \| prison camp \| prisonhouse \| quarantine \| quod \| rail in \| reform school \| reformatory \| rock pile \| send down \| shrine \| shut in \| shut up \| slammer \| sponging house \| stable \| state prison \| stir \| 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 Jail In Webster's Dictionary \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also {gaol}.] This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton. {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}. {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}. {Jail liberties}, or {Jail limits}, a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott. {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also {Scandinavian lock}. \Jail\, v. t. To imprison. [R.] --T. Adams (1614). [Bolts] that jail you from free life. --Tennyson.

Jail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jail?

[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"

Jail In Webster's Dictionary

\Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
{gaol}.]

      This jail I count the house of liberty.  --Milton.

{Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
   [Slang]

{Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either
   legally or by violence.

{Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.

{Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
   it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
   people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.


{Jail liberties}, or {Jail limits}, a space or district
   around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
   certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.

{Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
   {Scandinavian lock}.


\Jail\, v. t.
To imprison. [R.] --T. Adams (1614).

      [Bolts] that jail you from free life.    --Tennyson.

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