jailEnglish

gaol, jail, clink, immure, imprison

Rare #54,073 of the corpus · 0.3 per million words · 1,466 occurrences

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)

English: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey

Bahasa: penjara

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