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
Gaol
\Gaol\ (j[=a]l), n. [See
Jail.]
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or
provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the
United States usually, written
jail.]
[1913 Webster]
Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred
upon judges and others included in it, for trying and
delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon
their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and
for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict.
[Eng.]
Gaol delivery. (Law) See
Jail delivery, under
Jail.
[1913 Webster]