Jail
Word | JAIL |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | jail |
Pronunciations | /dʒeɪl/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Jail"
What do we mean by jail?
A place of detention, especially for persons who are accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail or for persons who are serving short sentences after conviction of a misdemeanor. noun
Detention in a jail. noun
To detain in a jail. transitive verb
A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for crime or for debt; usually, in the United States, a place of confinement for minor offenses in a county. noun
To confine in or as if in a jail; imprison.
To imprison. transitive verb
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. noun
The release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. noun
See under Gaol. noun
Typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever. noun
A space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. noun
A peculiar form of padlock; -- called also Scandinavian lock. noun
A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. noun
Confinement in a jail. noun
School noun
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). noun
To imprison. verb
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail verb
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) noun
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Confinement in a jail.
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).
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
(FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
A synonym of hell nah, no way or let's not. Usually used for cringy people/things/memories. Urban Dictionary
School. Urban Dictionary
A government owned facility that claims to either correct or teach wronged or uneducated individuals but in reality is a front that generates income for the state. Urban Dictionary
1.A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention, especially persons awaiting trial under local jurisdiction. 2.Detention in a jail Urban Dictionary
While incarcerated it refers solitary confinement. (´the hole´) Urban Dictionary
A place where crips, bloods, and Pachucos are as happy as clams, but where crooked businessmen are nervous and should never bend over. Urban Dictionary
1. the place where criminals are confined 2. the place where all you do is toss the salad 3. The place where you'll be grateful when someone kills you with an icepick that's made out of a sharpened tooth brush. Urban Dictionary
-The house of the rapes. -The raping world. -Faggot maker. Urban Dictionary
A place that makes your ass hurt. Urban Dictionary
When someone tells sum shit funnier but really gross r inappropriate r absurd n u’re right there be like: Urban Dictionary
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