Jail - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
Extra examples
He was locked up in the county jail.
He was arrested and sent to jail.
He went to jail for his crimes.
He just got out of jail a few weeks ago.
He was kept in jail overnight.
...threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked...
He's been in jail for three months already.
They're going to jail for embezzlement and fraud.
The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.
Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.
Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.
More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.
He's serving a 7-year jail sentence.
Watson was jailed for tax evasion.
They ought to jail her killer for life.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: jail
he/she/it: jails
present participle: jailing
past tense: jailed
past participle: jailed
singular: jail
plural: jails
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