| NOUN | artifact | jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful / lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) |
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| VERB | social | jail, imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
| Sounds | jhey'l | |
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| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful / lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). | |
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| Synonyms | jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey | |
| Narrower | bastille | A jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) |
| holding cell | A jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial | |
| hoosegow, hoosgow | slang for a jail | |
| house of correction | (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences | |
| lockup | jail in a local police station | |
| workhouse | A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months | |
| Broader | correctional institution | A penal institution maintained by the government |
| Spanish | calabozo, cárcel, gayola, gobi, penal, penalti, pokey, presidio, prisión, talego, trullo | |
| Catalan | calabós, garjola, penal, pokey, presidi, presó | |
| Verbs | jail | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
| Meaning | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to jail the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | confine, detain | deprive of freedom |
| Spanish | apresar, aprisionar, encarcelar | |
| Catalan | empresonar, encarcerar, engarjolar | |
| Nouns | jail | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful / lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) |
| jailer, jailor | someone who guards prisoners | |
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