jail

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

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) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
• Derivationally related forms:
gaol (for: gaol)
• Hypernyms:
correctional institution
• Hyponyms:
bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction,
lockup, workhouse

II - verb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (Freq. 1)
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
• Syn:
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars,
jug, gaol, put away, remand
• Derivationally related forms:
remand (for: remand), gaoler (for: gaol), gaol (for: gaol), jailer, jailor, immurement (for: immure), incarceration (for: incarcerate), imprisonment (for: imprison)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
confine, detain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to jail the prisoners

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey