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jail
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Noun
  • 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)
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
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