Synonyms for JAIL
dʒeɪljail

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1. jailnoun

   Synonyms:
   slammer, imprison

2. jailnoun

   To imprison.

   Synonyms:
   slammer, imprison

3. jailnoun

   Confinement in a jail.

   Synonyms:
   slammer

4. jailnoun

   school

   I have to go to jail 5 days a week.

   Synonyms:
   slammer

5. jailnoun

   The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

   Synonyms:
   slammer

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1. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokeyverb

   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)

   Synonyms:
   clink, pokey, poky, jail, slammer, jailhouse, click, gaol

2. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb

   lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, discard, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, lock, cast away, remand, lock up, remit, shut up, send back, cast aside, put behind bars, fall back, dawdle, dispose, imprison, fall behind, put aside, shut away, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, gaol, fling, lock in, lock away, tuck in, lag, put away, incarcerate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. jailnoun

   Synonyms:
   [written also, but not commonly, Gaol.] prison, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, TOLLBOOTH, JUG, house of correction

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1. jailnoun

   Synonyms:
   prison, lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo

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1. List of paraphrases for "jail":

   prison, imprisonment, prisons, thejoint, gaol, slammer, brig, hole, penitentiary, pokey, lockup, incarceration

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1. JAIL

   What does JAIL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the JAIL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Jail

   Gaol vs. Jail -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Gaol and Jail.

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How to use JAIL in a sentence?

1. Matteo Salvini:

   We will continue to hunt down Morabito, wherever he is, to throw him in jail as he deserves.

2. Both Jay-Z:

   We want to be very clear, if someone commits a crime they should go to jail, but these things are just disproportionate and the whole world knows it.

3. Chip Roy:

   One, to elevate them in the consciousness of the American people that they're our enemy, and they need to be destroyed, two, to give our law enforcement personnel and our government the tools and the power that is necessary to cut off their finances, to then go after American people who are providing them material support — if you're an American citizen helping a cartel member, then you need to go to jail — and do the things that are necessary to knock their knees out from under them.

4. Amy Jeffress:

   We have been working with the UK authorities in an effort to resolve this matter, this was an accident, and a criminal prosecution with a potential penalty of fourteen years imprisonment is simply not a proportionate response. We have been in contact with the UK authorities about ways in which Anne Sacoolas could assist with preventing accidents like this from happening in the future, as well as Anne Sacoolas desire to honor Harry's memory. We will continue that dialogue in an effort to move forward from this terrible tragedy. But Anne Sacoolas will not return voluntarily to the United Kingdom to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.

5. Dan Bishop:

   You won't secure the border, you won't even secure the Mecklenburg County jail.