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Definition of jail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

jail

verb

NAmE//dʒeɪl//

[usually passive] jail somebody (for something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they jail

he / she / it jails

past simple jailed

-ing form jailing

to put someone in prison synonym imprison He was jailed for life for murder.

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