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
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Abugharbieh, 26, made an initial court appearance Saturday morning and will be held in jail until a pretrial detention hearing Tuesday.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
In a filing last week reviewed by Fox News Digital, prosecutors asked a judge to revisit the teenager's release and either jail him before trial or tighten the rules of his release, arguing the case has changed now that he is being prosecuted as an adult.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Acosta allowed Epstein to plead guilty to less serious state charges, and Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in the Palm Beach County jail.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Abugharbieh, 26, made an initial court appearance Saturday morning and will be held in jail until a pretrial detention hearing Tuesday.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
The government shut off the internet, and the military and police cracked down, eventually extinguishing the protests and jailing more than 1,400.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
In a filing last week reviewed by Fox News Digital, prosecutors asked a judge to revisit the teenager's release and either jail him before trial or tighten the rules of his release, arguing the case has changed now that he is being prosecuted as an adult.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jail
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Four others indicted in the case were given sentences of as much as six years in prison, with one woman getting a 10-month sentence, suspended for three years.—
Debby Wu,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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As part of Lololee’s deal, federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison term at the low end of the sentencing range, according to the court filing.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for years without trial and later judged not by law, but by scripture.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Those who answered no to the questions were, in most cases, imprisoned for the remainder of the war or beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Local flavor The Idaho Botanical Garden is located next to the penitentiary and boasts more than 30 acres of gardens.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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The goal is to eventually close the island to incarcerated individuals in a decarceration plan, replacing it with four other jails in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the fiscal year, the DOC determines its spending across areas like prison upkeep, the cost of settling lawsuits and workers’ claims, then divides that cost among all the people who were incarcerated at the time, Barrett said.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jail. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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