jail

Noun
  1. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) (synset 103597432)
    is a type of: correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: clink, gaol, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer
Verb
  1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (synset 202500005)
    "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: confine, detain - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
    same as: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand

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