Definitions from Wiktionary (jail)
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
▸ noun: (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).
▸ noun: In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
▸ noun: (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
▸ verb: To imprison.
▸ Also see jail
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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
▸ noun: (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).
▸ noun: In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
▸ noun: (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
▸ verb: To imprison.
▸ Also see jail
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