jail

jail

jail (third-person singular simple present jails, present participle jailing, simple past and past participle jailed)

1. To imprison.

jail (countable and uncountable; plural jails)

1. A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
2. (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.

3. (slang) school

   I have to go to jail 5 days a week.

4. (horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

	prigione
	Luogo dove le persone vengono tenute in un regime di limitazione delle libertà personali.
	A place in which individual persons have restricted personal freedom.

	carcere
	Luogo dove le persone vengono tenute in un regime di limitazione delle libertà personali.
	A place in which individual persons have restricted personal freedom.

	incarcerare
	Putting someone in prison or in jail.

galera

	imprigionare
	Putting someone in prison or in jail.

gabbia

Altri significati:

iron or steel-grilled (prison) window

A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

(horse racing) The requirements that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for (usually) 30 days.

To imprison.

(uncountable) Confinement in a jail.

(slang) school

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