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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
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
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
jail
3rd person singular
jails
Past simple
jailed
Past participle
jailed
Examples
The court decided to jail the convicted robber for a term of five years.
