send+to+jail

  • 1send to jail — index arrest (apprehend), commit (institutionalize), confine, imprison Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2send up — transitive verb Date: 1852 1. to sentence to imprisonment ; send to jail 2. to make fun of ; satirize, parody …

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  • 3send — /send/ verb past tense and past participle sent /sent/ 1 BY POST/RADIO ETC (T) to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post: send sb a letter/message/card: Honestly, I get tired of sending Christmas cards. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4jail — / jāl/ n: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specif: such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of …

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  • 5jail — [n] place for incarceration bastille, black hole*, brig, bullpen*, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*,… …

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  • 6send to prison — index apprehend (arrest), commit (institutionalize), constrain (imprison), immure, imprison …

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  • 7jail — jail1 also gaol BrE [dʒeıl] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: jaiole, from Latin caveola, from cavea cage ] a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8jail — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE also gaol) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ city (esp. AmE), county, local ▪ high security, maximum security, top security (all esp. BrE) ▪ …

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  • 9jail — 1. noun he was thrown into jail Syn: prison, lock up, detention centre; N.Amer. penitentiary, jailhouse, correctional facility; informal clink, cooler, the slammer, inside; Brit.; informal nick; N.Amer.; informal can, pen, slam, pokey …

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  • 10jail — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, big house, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, bucket, caboose, cage, calaboose, can, cast in prison, cell,… …

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