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Jail
01
a place where criminals are put into by law as a form of punishment for their crimes
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
jails
Examples
She was sentenced to a year in jail for her involvement in the robbery.
to jail
01
to put someone in a designated facility either as punishment or while waiting for legal proceedings
Transitive: to jail sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
jail
3rd person singular
jails
Present participle
jailing
Past simple
jailed
Past participle
jailed
Examples
The court decided to jail the convicted robber for a term of five years.
