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gaol
(jāl)n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of jail.
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gaol
(dʒeɪl)n, vb
Brit a variant spelling of jail
ˈgaoler n
ˈgaoleˌress fem n
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jail
(dʒeɪl)n.
1. a prison, esp. one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
v.t. 2. to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
[1225–75; Middle English gaiole, jaiole, jaile < Old North French gaiole, Old French jaiole cage < Vulgar Latin *gaviola, alter. of *caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage; see -ole1]
jail′a•ble, adj.
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gaol
Past participle: gaoled
Gerund: gaoling
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| Noun | 1. |  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)bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial house of correction - (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences lockup - jail in a local police station workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months |
| Verb | 1. | gaol - 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" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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gaol
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Translations
سِجْنيَسْجِن
fangelsafangelsi
cietumsieslodzīt cietumā
jail,
gaol
(dʒeil) noun (a) prison. You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.
verb to put in prison. He was jailed for two years.
ˈjailer, ˈjailor, ˈgaoler noun a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners. The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.
ˈjailbird, ˈgaolbird noun a person who is or has often been in jail.
to put a criminal in jail or gaol (not goal).
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