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noun | verb jailjail1 /dʒeɪl/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] ETYMOLOGYjail1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French jaiole, from Latin caveola, from cavea cage verbs► go to jail The drug dealers are going to jail for a long time. ► send somebody to jail The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years. ► put somebody in jail The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country. ► throw somebody in jail informal (=put someone in jail) Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days. ► hold somebody in jail (=keep someone in a jail) The man is being held in aThai jail after officials found drugs in his suitcase. ► get out of jail (also leave jail) He got out of jail after five years for armed robbery. ► release somebody from jail More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence. ► escape from jail The killer has escaped from jail. ► spend the night/ten days/30 years in jail She spentlast night in jail. ► serve two years/time/90 days in jail Bailey served three months in jail and paid a $10,000 fine. adjectives/nouns + jail► a town/city/county jail He was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail. ► the local jail The suspects were taken to the local jail. ► a high-security/maximum-security jail Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned. jail + nouns► a jail sentence The court gave him a seven-year jail sentence. ► a jail term (=a specific period of time someone must spend in jail) He served only half of his three-month jail term. ► jail time (=a period of time in jail) His actions could result in a fine and even jail time. ► a jail cell The suspect was found dead in his jail cell. a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are kept before they are judged in a court of law SYN prison: He could go to jail for this.in jail Konrad’s been in jail for nine years. They arrested the protesters and put them in jail. She served only half of her six-month jail sentence. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French jaiole, from Latin caveola, from cavea cage]COLLOCATIONSverbsgo to jail The drug dealers are going to jail for a long time.send somebody to jail The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years.put somebody in jail The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.throw somebody in jail informal (=put someone in jail) Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.hold somebody in jail (=keep someone in a jail) The man is being held in aThai jail after officials found drugs in his suitcase.get out of jail (also leave jail) He got out of jail after five years for armed robbery.release somebody from jail More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.escape from jail The killer has escaped from jail.spend the night/ten days/30 years in jail She spentlast night in jail.serve two years/time/90 days in jail Bailey served three months in jail and paid a $10,000 fine.adjectives/nouns + jaila town/city/county jail He was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail.the local jail The suspects were taken to the local jail.a high-security/maximum-security jail Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.jail + nounsa jail sentence The court gave him a seven-year jail sentence.a jail term (=a specific period of time someone must spend in jail) He served only half of his three-month jail term.jail time (=a period of time in jail) His actions could result in a fine and even jail time.a jail cell The suspect was found dead in his jail cell. noun | verb jailjail2 ●●○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEjail |
| Present | I, you, we, they | jail | | he, she, it | jails | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jailed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jailed | | he, she, it | has jailed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jailed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jail | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jailed |
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| Present | I | am jailing | | he, she, it | is jailing | | you, we, they | are jailing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was jailing | | you, we, they | were jailing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jailing | | he, she, it | has been jailing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jailing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jailing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jailing |
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