jail

IPA: dʒˈeɪɫ

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
(uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
(horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
(computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

Examples of "jail" in Sentences

The bibulous man went into jail.
The two spent the night in jail.
The officer was jailed for the offence.
The rabble was arrested and sent to the jail.
All rebels were arrested and sent to the jail.
At the time this was the safest jail in the state.
It is the massacre of unarmed and helpless prisoners in jails.
In some places, the Undersheriff is the prison warden of the county jail.
The jail was run by Amazons, who were impregnating the prisoners and selling their babies.
Police want a judge to jail a local vagrant for his inability to avoid police contact and remain arrest free.