Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - jail
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Jail
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(jails, jailing, jailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: in BRIT, also use 'gaol' 1. A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept. Three prisoners escaped from a jail. = prison N-VAR 2. If someone is jailed, they are put into jail. He was jailed for twenty years. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English jaiole, from Anglo-French gaiole, jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage — more at cage Date: 13th century 1. a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specifically such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes — compare prison 2. confinement in a ~ sentenced to ~ II. transitive verb Date: 1604 to confine in or as if in a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. (also gaol) --n. 1 a place to which persons are committed by a court for detention. 2 confinement in a jail. --v.tr. put in jail. Etymology: ME gayole f. OF jaiole, jeole & ONF gaole f. Rmc dimin. of L cavea CAGE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. 1) тюрьма (следственная, а также краткосрочного заключения) adult jail — тюрьма краткосрочного заключения для совершеннолетних преступников municipal jail — городская тюрьма Syn: lockup, prison 2) тюремное заключение ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. тюрьма to break jail —- бежать из тюрьмы 2. тюремное заключение 3. заключать в тюрьму ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) тюрьма 2) тюремное заключение - break jail 2. v. заключать в тюрьму JAIL delivery 1) отправка из тюрьмы на суд 2) освобождение из тюрьмы 3) amer. побег заключенных ...Англо-русский словарь
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U.S. gov. abbr. Judicial Accountability And Integrity Legislation gen. comp. abbr. Jestly Artificial Intelligent Language law abbr. Judicial Accountability Initative Law law abbr. Judicial Accountability Integrity Legislation ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- c.1300, O.N.Fr. gaiole and O.Fr. jaole, both meaning "a cage, prison," from L.L. caveola, dim. of L. cavea "cage." Both forms carried into M.E.; gaol (prefered in Britain) is "chiefly due to statutory and official tradition" [O.E.D.]. Jailbird is 1603, an allusion to a caged bird. Jail bait is attested from 1934. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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