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(also gaol) noun ADJ. county, local | high-security, maximum security, top security | private | overcrowded VERB + JAIL go to He's gone to jail for fraud. | put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into | keep sb in | be freed from, be/get out of, be released from With good behaviour, she could be out of jail in two years. | escape from | threaten sb with He was threatened with jail if evidence of a hoax was discovered. | face | avoid, escape She avoided jail by pleading self-defence. JAIL + NOUN sentence, term PREP. at a/the ~ riots at Strangeways jail | in (a/the) ~ How long has she been in jail? There was a fire in the jail last night.
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jail
verbs
go to jail
• They’re 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
(= put somebody in jail )
• Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.
spend time/three months/six years etc in jail
• Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.
serve time/five years etc in jail
(= spend time in jail )
• He was finally released after serving 27 years in jail.
get out of 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.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + jail
the local jail
• The suspects were taken to the local jail.
a town/city/county jail
• He was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail.
a high-/top-/maximum-security jail
• Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.
jail + NOUN
a jail sentence
• He’s serving a 7-year jail sentence.
a jail term
(= period of time in jail )
• He served only half of his three-month jail term.
a jail cell
• The suspect was found dead in his jail cell.
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