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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)
   - jailhouse, gaol [Brit], clink, slammer, poky, pokey, prison, calaboose [Austral]

1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   "The suspects were jailed without trial"
   - imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]

Derived forms: jailing, jails, jailed

See also: jailer

Type of: confine, correctional institution, detain

Encyclopedia: Jail