Gaol synonyms

jāl

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jail (related)
Jail is defined as to put someone into a place that they can't get out of.
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jailhouse
A place for incarcerating prisoners; a jail.
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clink
A prison or a prison cell; a jail:
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slammer
One that slams:
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poky
A gambling device based on the card game poker
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imprison
To restrict, limit, or confine in any way
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pokey
A jail or prison.
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incarcerate
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
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lag
To arrest
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immure
To entomb in a wall.
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put behind bars
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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jug
To stew (esp. hare) in a covered earthenware container
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put away
To send (someone) to prison.
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remand
To send (a case) from a higher to a lower court, as when an appellate court determines that the trial court needs to hold a new trial or engage in additional proceedings.
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house of correction (related)
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newgate (related)
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bridewell (related)
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assizes (related)
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kilmainham (related)
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lunatic-asylum (related)
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courthouse (related)
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prison (related)
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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?

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

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