jail

[jeyl] / dʒeɪl /

NOUN

place for incarceration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cell lockup penitentiary prison

STRONG

bastille brig bullpen can clink cooler dungeon inside jailhouse joint pen pound rack reformatory slammer solitary stir stockade

WEAK

black hole detention camp house of correction penal institution up the river

VERB

incarcerate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confine detain hold imprison lock up sentence take away

STRONG

bastille book cage can constrain immure impound prison railroad

WEAK

put away put behind bars put on ice send up throw away the keys throw in dungeon throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

free let go liberate release

Example Sentences

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He was jailed after participating in Chávez’s failed 1992 military coup.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If I never talk to her for 20 years, she could call me from jail, I will be there in a heartbeat.”

From Los Angeles Times

On Boxing Day, Sir Keir said he was "delighted" the activist had arrived in the UK and had been "reunited with his loved ones" following his release from an Egyptian jail.

From BBC

Young men who didn’t grow up with their father in the home are about twice as likely as those raised with their biological father to have spent time in jail by around age 30.

From The Wall Street Journal

I think you’re spending a couple of hours in campus jail, until you can use your phone to show them what happens, and good luck explaining the phone, too.

From The Wall Street Journal

jail

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