Jail (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The shoplifter was jailed for three months for her crime.
- She was jailed for contempt of court after she repeatedly disrupted the proceedings.
- He was jailed for five years for his involvement in the burglary.
- The activist was jailed for several weeks after she refused to pay the fine.
- They were jailed for a month for violating the terms of their parole.