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Meaning of 'jail' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Jail [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Jail [ v. t.]
- To imprison.

Meaning of 'jail' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . jail [ v]
Meaning (1):
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Example in sentence:
  • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life;
  • The suspects were imprisoned without trial

Nearby Words:

jailer jain jaina jainism jairou

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