Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for jail. Search instead for jailb.
Definitions

jail

[jeyl] / dʒeɪl /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

His killer, Bradley Murdoch, died of throat cancer aged 67 in jail last year, without disclosing where Falconio's remains might be.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

She has been sentenced to three years in Orange County jail, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

She is being held in jail on a $2 million bond after a grand-jury indictment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

If you or I were. to disrupt a major city’s traffic to perform a wedding, we would go to jail.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

“Those ruffians are in jail, thanks to you. They never saw it coming.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

There are even miniature jails you can lock your phone in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

County allotted $25 million this fiscal year to fund the treatment program in local jails.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

More than 600 prisoners have been released early from Scotland's jails since November but it has done little to ease overcrowding, new data shows.

From BBC May 4, 2026

These include queues for NHS diagnosis and treatment, overcrowded jails and new ferries that are seriously overdue and over budget.

From BBC May 1, 2026

The jails were full of them, a warden later would testify.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

County custody on June 2, and she remains jailed in lieu of $2 million as the case proceeds.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Vorcaro was the majority shareholder in the small private Master Bank, which collapsed last year, and was jailed as part of a major fraud investigation that has rattled Brazil's elite.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Forty government officials and members of Nixon’s administration were indicted or jailed in connection with Watergate, and 48 individuals were ultimately convicted of crimes.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

When the team confronted Jamal, he said he had never had any involvement in people smuggling, had not been jailed in France and claimed to have been in the UK since 2009.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Mossadegh was jailed for three years and then placed under house arrest, till his death in 1967.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

While the criminal justice system has made significant progress in recent years in prosecuting and jailing criminal groomers, she believes convictions alone cannot answer the deeper questions now facing the inquiry.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Aside from jailing the coxswains, Hong Kong courts previously handed prison sentences to two government ship inspectors who failed to ensure lifejacket compliance.

From Barron's Jan. 21, 2026

It costs the taxpayer more than £52,000 per prisoner every year, so supporters of the government's position say there's a clear money-saving win through not jailing them in the first place.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon Oct. 24, 2025

But I wanted to like it, because gallery work was the essential job of jailing.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training