Meaning of jail
Definition of jail
(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)
(verb)
lock
up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned
without trial"; "the
murderer
was incarcerated for the
rest
of his life"
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