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The meaning of the word "Jail" in English


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.

Jail v. t. : To imprison.

Example:
How can I voluntarily send myself to Jail without committing a crime or having it go on record?

Taxonomy
prisons, prisoners, inmates, jails, pods, institution, cells, United States, imprisonment, sentence, reoffending, crime, reduction, Jail Inmates, Principle, staff supervision, Prison population, criminals.

Defination from the web:
Jail (disambiguation). For other uses, see Prison (disambiguation) ... Look up prison, jail, gaol, or penitentiary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick, Canada, part of Corrections Canada. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) jailhouse
  (noun) gaol
  (noun) clink
  (noun) slammer
  (noun) poky
  (noun) pokey
  (noun) correctional institution
  (verb) imprison
  (verb) incarcerate
  (verb) lag
  (verb) immure
  (verb) put behind bars
  (verb) jug
  (verb) gaol
  (verb) put away
  (verb) remand
  (verb) confine
  (verb) detain


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