NOUN
- 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)
VERB
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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
How To Use gaol In A Sentence
- She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars, and then the countenance of Spalatro at her door, before she had a clear remembrance of her situation — that she was a prisoner in a house on a lonely shore, and that this man was her jailor. The Italian
- Well that's interesting, because certainly for those of us who remember him in the '70s, he almost came across as an outlaw, as a jailbird, in fact many of his songs were about prison.
- A detainer is a request from ICE that the local jail hold the individual in custody for up to 48 hours during which ICE decides whether or not to assume custody of the person and initiate deportation procedures. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
- The jailer shrugged his shoulders and left the chamber.
- You know people are desperate when attempting to outwit the fire inspectors and insurance people begins to look attractive even when gaol is the price of failure. Canadian silver bug - February files
- There have been similar jailbreaks from military detention in the past.
- He was booked into jail, and he was cited for probable cause by the police that he may have committed an aggravated murder.
- And unlike the joint in Indy where boxing was a no-no, the jail in Cali specializes in fights between hardened criminals.
- But this is all the more reason for the council to strive to work toward the one gaol of the Godaishu: total global economic domination. FLOATING CITY
- SIR - I am sure that it is an utter disgrace to have men of this calibre and quality in jail because they are trying to defend their own and their families' lives.
