Found 4 items, similar to Jail.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: jail bui, membui, penjara
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak) Definition: jail mischievous
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jail jail v : 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” [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away , remand] jail n : 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) [syn: jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Jail Jail \Jail\, v. t. To imprison. [R.] --T. Adams (1614). [1913 Webster] [Bolts] that jail you from free life. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Jail \Jail\ (j[=a]l), n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See Cage.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also gaol.] [1913 Webster] This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol. Jail fever (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever. Jail liberties, or Jail limits, a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott. Jail lock, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also Scandinavian lock. [1913 Webster]