Jail (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
verb (used with object)
  1. to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
noun
  1. a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted
  2. to get out of a difficult situation
verb
  1. to confine in prison
Jail (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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