Jail | Mean of jail in English Dictionary
/ˈʤeɪl/
- Noun
- a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime
- He was locked up in the county jail.
- He was arrested and sent/sentenced 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.
- Verb
- to put (a person) in jail
- He was jailed for assaulting a police officer.