gaol
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)
• Syn:
jail, jailhouse, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
• Derivationally related forms:
jail (for: jail)
• Hypernyms:
correctional institution
• Hyponyms:
bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction,
lockup, workhouse
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
• Syn:
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars,
jail, jug, put away, remand
• Derivationally related forms:
remand (for: remand), gaoler, jailer (for: jail), jailor (for: jail), jail (for: jail), immurement (for: immure), incarceration (for: incarcerate), imprisonment (for: imprison)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
confine, detain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to gaol the prisoners
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