Word Image
plural: jails
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; prison
Word Family
jailed
jailing
jailer
jailbird
jailbait
jailhouse
jailbreak
Sentences
He found himself locked up in the county jail for the night.
The man was convicted of the crime and went to jail for it.
We went down to the jailhouse to visit him before he was transferred to a larger prison.
These charges have a potential sentence of up to one year in jail.
He was initially jailed on $1 million bail, but a judge agreed to hold him without bail.
My father used to work at the city jail on a desk job.
The teenagers had been jailed for minor offenses like throwing stones.
In the Monopoly game, there’s a get-out-of-jail-free card.
The police decided to arrest him on the site and brought him to jail.
The jailhouse was at full capacity on the full moon Halloween.
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