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Definisjon av jail

Vi fant 7 definisjoner av jail på engelsk.

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Noun
jail - 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)
jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
correctional institution a penal institution maintained by the government
bastille a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
holding cell a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial
hoosegow, hoosgow slang for a jail
house of correction (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
lockup jail in a local police station
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Substantiv
jail - 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.
jail - Confinement in a jail.
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.

Verb
jail - To imprison.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • jail
    A place in which individual persons have restricted personal freedom.
  • jail
    Putting someone in prison or in jail.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) jail
  • Presens: jail / jails
  • Preteritum: jailed
  • Perfektum: (have) jailed

Substantiv

  • Entall: jail
  • Flertall: jails

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