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1. 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)
   - jail, jailhouse, clink, slammer, poky, pokey, calaboose [Austral], prison []

1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   - imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, put away, remand, prison [archaic]

Derived forms: gaoled, gaoling, gaols

See also: gaoler [Brit]

Type of: confine, correctional institution, detain

Encyclopedia: Gaol