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jail

English

  1. 🔊 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)
  2. 🔊 lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    “The suspects were imprisoned without trial”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 bote jail
  2. 🔊 carcelario jail
  3. 🔊 chucho jail
  4. 🔊 pinta jail
  5. 🔊 talego jail
  6. 🔊 cana jail, prison
  7. 🔊 carcelero jail, prison
  8. 🔊 encalabozar to jail, imprison (especially in a dungeon)

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