Gaol Synonyms

jāl
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. jail
  2. imprison
  3. incarcerate
  4. lag
  5. immure
  6. put behind bars
  7. jug
  8. put away
  9. remand
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. jail
  2. jailhouse
  3. clink
  4. slammer
  5. poky
  6. pokey

Words Related to Gaol

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. house of correction
  2. newgate
  3. bridewell
  4. assizes
  5. kilmainham
  6. lunatic-asylum
  7. courthouse

Gaol Sentence Examples

  • In 1730 William Morgan, an Irish student, visited the gaol and reported that there was a great opening for work among the prisoners.

  • The sentence was not carried out, and Peacham is said to have died in gaol (March 1616).

  • His The Gaol Cradle, who rocks it?

  • At length the prisoner was suffered to pass most of his time beyond the walls of the gaol, on condition, as it should seem, that he remained within the town of Bedford.

  • A regular police force was also established and a gaol built in the Bazaar.'

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