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, 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, 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

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How to use jail in a sentence?

1. William Tong:

   This settlement provides a mere mirage of justice for the victims of Purdue's callous misconduct, the federal government had the power here to put the Sacklers in jail, and they didn't. Instead, they took fines and penalties that Purdue likely will never fully pay.

2. Jeffrey Lichtman:

   Sometimes it gets lost on the audience that we're talking about a kid who was 14 years old when this started. Whose brain wasn't fully developed, every role model, every male relative on his father's side was in jail or just got out of jail. This is the normal for Rashaun Weaver.

3. Hank Giesecke:

   This Kerobokan jail was designed for 300 inmates, this Kerobokan jail has 1,600, so you can imagine the conditions there.

4. Jemiah Johnson:

   I mentor the students. Basically I got hired because how good I was, how excellent I was, how they seen me progress, and not just the girls, the males too. Because some of the males, they listen to me. I tell them not to do this. You do that. I want to see them graduate. I want to see them become better men. I want them out of the streets. I don't want to see them on the news, them in jail. I don't want to see them like that. I want to see them graduate, succeed with life.

5. Kris Saucier:

   Crooked Hillary Clinton’s top aide, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on the submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey others.