How to pronounce jail

Jail

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Pronounce Jail as JH AH IY L.

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jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey(verb)

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)

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand(verb)

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"

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

sentenced to three years in jail for his crime

to put in or as if in prison

threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

I could actually go to jail for doing this.

I wanted Tom put in jail even more than you did.

Tom served five days in jail last year after pleading guilty to drunken driving.

Tom was sentenced to five days in jail and a year on probation for drunken driving.

Tom could go to jail for this.

He was sent to jail for murder.

Tom could go to jail for three years.

Jail is where criminals go to be punished.

The judge sentenced him to a jail term of five years.

They sent him to jail for all the crimes he had committed.

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discharge free liberate release

• سجنArabic
• gefängnis German
• cárcel Spanish
• زندان Persian
• prison French
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• 监狱 Chinese