jail

jail
Synonyms and related words:
POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, big house, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, bucket, caboose, cage, calaboose, can, cast in prison, cell, chamber, chokey, clap in jail, clap up, clink, close in, college, compass, concentration camp, condemned cell, confine, constrain, contain, cooler, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, death cell, death house, death row, detain, detention camp, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, federal prison, fence in, forced-labor camp, freezer, gaol, guardhouse, guardroom, hedge in, hem in, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold prisoner, hoosegow, house in, house of correction, house of detention, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, industrial school, intern, internment camp, jailhouse, jug, keep, kennel, labor camp, leaguer, lock in, lock up, lockup, maximum-security prison, mew, mew up, minimum-security prison, nick, oubliette, pen, pen in, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, pocket, pokey, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, quarantine, quod, rail in, reform school, reformatory, rock pile, send down, shrine, shut in, shut up, slammer, sponging house, stable, state prison, stir, stockade, surround, the hole, throw into jail, tollbooth, training school, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

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  • Jail — Jail, or gaol (especially in Canada, Australia and NZ [http://www.corrections.govt.nz/policy and legislation/policy and procedures manual/section d/d05/d05.html] ), [In British official use theforms with G are still current; in literary and… …   Wikipedia

  • Jail — (j[=a]l), n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jail — / jāl/ n: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specif: such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of …   Law dictionary

  • Jail — («тюрьма») механизм отделения процессов в операционных системах Unix. Jail позволяет разделить выполнение различных процессов. Например, вы можете держать любой сервис (apache, sshd, и т.д.) в jail и не бояться, что потеряете всю систему целиком… …   Википедия

  • Jail — Jail, v. t. To imprison. [R.] T. Adams (1614). [1913 Webster] [Bolts] that jail you from free life. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jail|or — jail|er or jail|or «JAY luhr», noun. 1. the keeper of a jail. 2. a person who keeps someone or something confined. Also, British, gaoler …   Useful english dictionary

  • jail|er — or jail|or «JAY luhr», noun. 1. the keeper of a jail. 2. a person who keeps someone or something confined. Also, British, gaoler …   Useful english dictionary

  • jail — [n] place for incarceration bastille, black hole*, brig, bullpen*, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*,… …   New thesaurus

  • jail — (Brit. also gaol) ► NOUN ▪ a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime. ► VERB ▪ put in jail. DERIVATIVES jailer (also gaoler) noun. ORIGIN the word came into England from two Old French words, jaiole and gayole (the… …   English terms dictionary

  • jail — [jāl] n. [ME jaile, gaile < OFr jaole, gaole, a cage, prison < LL caveola, dim. of L cavea,CAGE] 1. a building for the confinement of people who are awaiting trial or who have been convicted of minor offenses 2. imprisonment vt. to put or… …   English World dictionary

  • jail — vb incarcerate, imprison, immure, intern Analogous words: confine, circumscribe, restrict, *limit: shackle, manacle, fetter (see HAMPER) Contrasted words: release, liberate, *free …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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