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
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
Some of the individuals were still in jail at the time the dataset cut off: 11:59 p.m.
—Ariane Lange
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Prosecutors are adding new first-degree murder charges to those already faced by terror suspect, who remains jailed.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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Noun
Heard had been arrested in 2019 on allegations of stabbing another man and spent seven months in jail.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
Some of the individuals were still in jail at the time the dataset cut off: 11:59 p.m.
—Ariane Lange
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
Hennepin County jail records show Maurer was jailed June 23 before being released two days later on $100,000 bail.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Prosecutors are adding new first-degree murder charges to those already faced by terror suspect, who remains jailed.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
Noun
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Administration officials flaunted court orders by deporting immigrants to a Salvadoran prison.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Iranian director Farsi experienced the revolution at 13, was imprisoned at 16 as a dissident, and left her native Iran at 18.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 July 2025
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On the afternoon of July 2, the Phoenix Police Department responded to calls from a woman who reported the details of her assault, kidnapping and threats against her life while physically imprisoned at a home near Interstate 17 and Orangewood Avenue, court documents said.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.—
Heather Knight,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Verb
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The young boy had been incarcerated all alone and sent to Manzanar.—
Tracy Slater
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Montague was arrested on June 30 in an apartment building associated with a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals re-entering society after being incarcerated.—
Andrew Stanton
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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