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  • 41jail */ — I UK [dʒeɪl] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms jail : singular jail plural jails a place where people are put after they have been arrested, or where people go as punishment for a crime in jail: Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug… …

    English dictionary

  • 42jail — jail1 [ dʒeıl ] noun count or uncount * a place where people are put after they have been arrested or where people go as punishment for a crime: the county jail in jail: Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession. go/be sent to jail: She s… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 43jail delivery — noun the use of force to liberate prisoners • Hypernyms: ↑liberation, ↑release, ↑freeing * * * noun 1. : the clearing of a jail by bringing the prisoners to trial or by having the legality of their commitments reviewed 2 …

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  • 44jail — 01. Her brother had to spend the night in [jail] after being stopped for drunken driving on the way home from a New Year s party. 02. He was [jailed] for possession of marijuana, but then later released without charge. 03. A dozen prisoners… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 45jail — 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},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 46jail — {{11}}jail (n.) late 13c., gayhol, from O.N.Fr. gaiole and O.Fr. jaole, both meaning a cage, prison, from M.L. gabiola, from L.L. caveola, dim. of L. cavea cage, enclosure, stall, coop (see CAVE (Cf. cave) (n.)). Both forms carried into M.E.; now …

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  • 47Jail — Als Host (engl. Wirt, Gastgeber) wird ein in einem Rechnernetz eingebundenes Betriebssystem bezeichnet, das Server oder Clients beherbergt. Neben komplexen Betriebssystemen von Computern können auch spezialisierte Betriebssysteme von… …

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  • 48jail — [13] Etymologically, a jail is a ‘little cage’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, which was an alteration of an earlier *caveola, a diminutive form of Latin cavea ‘cage’ (source of English cage). It passed into English in two… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49jail — [13] Etymologically, a jail is a ‘little cage’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, which was an alteration of an earlier *caveola, a diminutive form of Latin cavea ‘cage’ (source of English cage). It passed into English in two… …

    Word origins

  • 50Jail Bait (1954) — Filmdaten Originaltitel Jail Bait Produktionsland USA …

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